Case Study - L'Aquila, Italy
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- Created on: 07-11-19 20:55
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L'Aquila, Italy (HIC)
6th April 2009
6.3 on the moment magnitude scale
Primary Effects:
- 300 deaths
- 1500 injuries
- Tens of thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed
- 60 000 people made homeless
- A bridge near Fossa collapsed, and a water pipe was broken near the town of Paganica
Secondary Effects:
- Aftershocks hampered rescue efforts
- Fires in some collapsed buildings caused more damage
- The broken…
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