GEOG SEISMICITY, L'AQUILA CASE STUDY MEDC
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- MEDC EARTHQUAKE- L'Aquila, Italy 06/04/09 6.3
- IMPACTS
- SOCAIL
- 300 Deaths , 1500 injured
- 70,000 homeless
- after shocks hampered rescue efforts and cause more damage
- thousands after homes and building destroyed - many displaced had to move away from central Italy and get new homes and jobs many of them young people
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- ECONOMIC
- Costs of $15 billion in total
- Thousands buildings historic and modern damaged/destroyed : part of city hospital, dormitory at the university and the L'Aquila cathedral
- Bridge near Fossa town collapsed, water pipe near Paganica town broken
- Fires in some collapsed buildings - even more damage
- ENVIRONMENTAL
- Area of around 1000km^2 affected by surface ruptures, rockfalls and landslides
- The broken water pipe near Paganica also caused a landslide
- Wildlife habitats affected by earthquake
- SOCAIL
- WHY
- North south fault line running along the Apennine mountain range (may cause)
- East west fault line across central italy
- focus about 5 miles deep, epicentre close to L'Aquila.
- Nearby eurasian and African destructive plate boundary
- MANAGEMENT IN PLACE
- BUILDING TECHNIQUES
- Strict building regulations to ensure newer buildings designed/built to withstand earthquakes
- -VE : some buildings had been built to meet regulations, but were poorly built and were severely damaged/destroyed
- San Salvatore hospital in west L'Aquila was built in 2000, it should've been able to withstand the earthquake, but collapsed and patients had to be treated outside in tents
- +VE - investigation put in place to find out why many modern buildings collapsed
- San Salvatore hospital in west L'Aquila was built in 2000, it should've been able to withstand the earthquake, but collapsed and patients had to be treated outside in tents
- -VE : some buildings had been built to meet regulations, but were poorly built and were severely damaged/destroyed
- Strict building regulations to ensure newer buildings designed/built to withstand earthquakes
- PREDICTION
- Seismologists were monitoring the area before the event, some people felt the hazard couldve been managed better
- -VE : August 2009, group made a formal complaint that 6 seismologists predict the earthquake - blamed scientists for large number of people killed and requested a criminal investigation
- however currently impossible to predict exactly when and where earthquakes will happen
- Seismologists were monitoring the area before the event, some people felt the hazard couldve been managed better
- PLANNING
- Italy has a civil protection department that trains volunteers to help with things like rescue operations
- BUILDING TECHNIQUES
- IMPACTS
- PRIMARY
- RESPONSE
- SECONDARY
- 12,000 rescue and support workers sent in to help with response
- Mortgage payments, gas and electricity suspended
- by end of 2009, 4500 new homes built to house 12,000 people who were homeless
- The italian prime minister promised to build new town to replace L'Aquila as capital of the area
- Money provided by the government to pay rent.
- International teams with rescue dogs were sent in to look for survivors
- MEDC EARTHQUAKE- L'Aquila, Italy 06/04/09 6.3
- IMPACTS
- SOCAIL
- 300 Deaths , 1500 injured
- 70,000 homeless
- after shocks hampered rescue efforts and cause more damage
- thousands after homes and building destroyed - many displaced had to move away from central Italy and get new homes and jobs many of them young people
- Untitled
- ECONOMIC
- Costs of $15 billion in total
- Thousands buildings historic and modern damaged/destroyed : part of city hospital, dormitory at the university and the L'Aquila cathedral
- Bridge near Fossa town collapsed, water pipe near Paganica town broken
- Fires in some collapsed buildings - even more damage
- ENVIRONMENTAL
- Area of around 1000km^2 affected by surface ruptures, rockfalls and landslides
- The broken water pipe near Paganica also caused a landslide
- Wildlife habitats affected by earthquake
- SOCAIL
- WHY
- North south fault line running along the Apennine mountain range (may cause)
- East west fault line across central italy
- focus about 5 miles deep, epicentre close to L'Aquila.
- Nearby eurasian and African destructive plate boundary
- MANAGEMENT IN PLACE
- BUILDING TECHNIQUES
- Strict building regulations to ensure newer buildings designed/built to withstand earthquakes
- -VE : some buildings had been built to meet regulations, but were poorly built and were severely damaged/destroyed
- San Salvatore hospital in west L'Aquila was built in 2000, it should've been able to withstand the earthquake, but collapsed and patients had to be treated outside in tents
- +VE - investigation put in place to find out why many modern buildings collapsed
- San Salvatore hospital in west L'Aquila was built in 2000, it should've been able to withstand the earthquake, but collapsed and patients had to be treated outside in tents
- -VE : some buildings had been built to meet regulations, but were poorly built and were severely damaged/destroyed
- Strict building regulations to ensure newer buildings designed/built to withstand earthquakes
- PREDICTION
- Seismologists were monitoring the area before the event, some people felt the hazard couldve been managed better
- -VE : August 2009, group made a formal complaint that 6 seismologists predict the earthquake - blamed scientists for large number of people killed and requested a criminal investigation
- however currently impossible to predict exactly when and where earthquakes will happen
- Seismologists were monitoring the area before the event, some people felt the hazard couldve been managed better
- PLANNING
- Italy has a civil protection department that trains volunteers to help with things like rescue operations
- BUILDING TECHNIQUES
- IMPACTS
- SECONDARY
- Ambulances, fire engines and the army sent to rescue survivors
- RESPONSE
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