tectonic hazards-HIC italy earthquake
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- Created on: 02-05-18 18:10
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- tectonic hazards-HIC L'Aqila, italy
- 6th april 2009. 6.3 on the magnitude scale
- around 300 deaths (due to collapsed buildings)
- 1500 injuries
- over 60000 people made homeless
- collapsed bridge, broken water pipe
- aftershocks affected rescues.
- fires
- landlsides
- electric and phones down
- camps
- emergency services sent to search for survivors
- machines sent to remove rubble
- free phones given to the homeless so they can contact family and frineds
- bills on homes suspended so people can use money for more important things like rebuilding their homes
- new settlements built
- city being rebuilt
- investigations into why modern buildings were not built to withstand earthquakes
- primary effects
- secondary effects
- 1st responses
- long term responses
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