The Hollywood star is known for his campaigns for Darfur and has also joined other celebrities in pressing the G8 to keep aid pledges made at Gleneagles in 2005.
He added: ‘It’s important that the world leaders gathered here do more for Africa, because so far they haven’t always done what they should have done.’
The Ocean’s Eleven star and Ghostbusters actor arrived by helicopter after flying down from Clooney’s villa at Lake Como in northern Italy, where he spends his summers.
Accompanied by local officials they visited the camp at St Eusanio Forconese near L’Aquila where they were given a superstar welcome by people living there.
Clooney and Murray posed for photographs, shook hands and listened as people described how they had lost their homes and the efforts being made to rehouse them.
Clooney said :’It seems very important to focus attention on an area so ravaged by the earthquake and if my presence gets media attention I’m happy.
‘These guys want to go home. I live in California and I am used to earthquakes.’
Actors George Clooney and Bill Murray tour earthquake damage on the sidelines of a G8 summit this afternoon
Source: AHU – David A-O