L'aquila earthquake-6th April 2009

facts:

-city in centre of Italy-70,000 people

-prone to earthquakes- on fault line north south of Apennine mountains

-fault lines-destructive plate margin between eurasian/african

-3.32 am-earthquake 

-6.3-richter scale

-focus at depth of 5 miles epicentre close to L'aquila 

economic:

-$15 billion total damage

-historic buildings damaged

-bridge in town of Fossa collapsed 

-fires in collapsed buildings

Social impacts:

-300 deaths-collapsed buildings

-1500 injured

-70,000 homeless

environmental:

-1000km…