Earthquakes Case study: MEDC L'Aquila,Italy

Place:L'Aquila, Italy

Date: 6th april 2009

Size: 6.9 magnitude on the Richter scale

Cause: Movement along a crack at a destructive margin

Cost of Damage: Around $15 billion

Preparation:

• There are laws on construction standards,but some modern buildings hadn't been built to withstand earthquakes.
• Italy has a civil protection departmant where their train volunteers to help with things like e.g rescue operations.

Primary effects: 

• Around 290 deaths
• Hundreds of people were injured
• Thousands of buildings were damaged or destroyed
• A bridge near the town of Fossa collapsed , and…