Gallery: Quake rocks central Italy

Rescue workers rushed to save people trapped in the rubble of their homes [Reuters]

Debris blocked roads in L'Aquila hampering the rescue operations [AFP]

Scores of people are feared dead and injured in what one Italian official called the "worst tragedy since the start of the millennium" [EPA]

Thousands of people have been made homeless while others fled their houses fearing they may collapse if aftershocks struck [AFP]

Rescue workers evacuate a man found in rubble in the centre of L'Aquila [AFP]

A woman is helped by soldiers in L'Aquila, buildings and homes in the walled medieval town were reduced to rubble [AFP]

Thousands of buildings across central Italy collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck early on Monday [Reuters]

A rescuer walks with his dog past a collapsed house in Onna, a small town about 10km from L'Aquila [AFP]

A sene from the devastation in L'Aquila [Nazanine Moshiri]