Hazardous Earth L'Aquila Earthquake Case Study
- Created by: Eleanor_kittle
- Created on: 03-02-19 16:19
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- L'Aquila
- 2009
- Population 72,913
- 5.8
- Destructive plate boundary
- African plate colliding with Eurasian plate
- Subduction resulting in fault stress
- £15 billion cost of damage
- 290 deaths
- Mainly from collapsed buildings
- 1000 injured
- 39,500 made homeless
- 11,000 buildings damaged
- Water pipes were broken due to collapsed bridge
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