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At least 159 people were killed early Wednesday when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rippled through central Italy, waking residents as it rumbled to Rome.

Entire blocks of Amatrice — a town near the earthquake's epicenter famous for being the birthplace of spaghetti all'amatriciana — were destroyed after the first earthquake struck around 3:30 a.m. local time in the mountainous provinces of Umbria and Perugia. Powerful aftershocks followed.

“The town isn’t here anymore,” Amatrice Mayor Sergio Pirozzi told state-run RAI radio.

Amatrice was set to host its annual festival for its namesake pasta this weekend. The city center where the festivities honoring the dish — made bacon-like bits of cured pork jowl, pecorino cheese and tomato — is now reduced to rubble.