Hazards:local area case study:L'aquila earthquake Flashcards
why are earthquakes common in Italy?
there is a fault line running N-S close the Apennine mountain range and E-W across the centre of the country
date and magnitude
6th April 2009 at 3.30 am and 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Richter scale
social impacts
300 dead-mainly due to collapsed buildings
1.500 injured
70,000 homeless
Many moved always for jobs due to devastation of the area
economic impacts
cost $15 billion
immediate responses
44,000 tents distributed and PM offeres some of his homes to stay
EU granted $500 million from its major disaster fund
long term responses
residents didnt have to pay taxes in 2010
uni fees dropped for 3 years to encourage students to come back
Environmental
An area of 1000km2 was affected by ruptures landslides and rockfall
What went wrong building techniques
Buildings poorly designed and collapsed
E.g san Salvatore hospital
What went wrong prediction
Seismologists Monitoring the area prior and couldn’t pick up on the earthquake
However it is possible predict and earthquake
What went wrong
name of the Cathederal
Sanata maria del Suffragio dates back to 18th century
