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The L’Aquila Earthquake – Background. On 6 April 2009, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck L’Aquila in central Italy, killing 309 people. The main shock happened in the early morning hours at 3.32 am when most people were sleeping, extensively damaging the 13th-century city of L’Aquila, located only about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Rome.
The 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy, was 6.3 on the Richter Scale and occurred 7km north-west of the settlement. Primary effects of an earthquake This is what happens directly as the result of an earthquake, such as death, injury and damage to infrastructure.
Two Earthquakes Compared – Nepal and L’Aquila; Can the risks of earthquakes be reduced? What is a tsunami? The Kobe Earthquake 1995; The 1999 Turkish Earthquake; Earthquakes in California; Gujarat Earthquake 2001; L’Aquila Earthquake 2009; Haiti Earthquake 2010; Japan Earthquake 2011; Christchurch Earthquake Case Study; Nepal Earthquake 2015
The earthquake’s epicentre was at a shallow depth of only 5.1 km. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Italy since the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake, when over 300 people died in the earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale.
Use named examples to show how the effects and responses to a tectonic hazard vary between two areas of contrasting levels of wealth. Nepal and L’Aquila compared. Management can reduce the effects of a tectonic hazard: Reasons why people continue to live in areas at risk from a tectonic hazard.
Haiti Earthquake 2010 - Find out about the causes, effects and responses to the Haiti earthquake. Haiti is situated to the north of the Caribbean Plate, on a transform (slip/conservative) plate boundary with the North American Plate.
Two Earthquakes Compared – Nepal and L’Aquila; Can the risks of earthquakes be reduced? What is a tsunami? The Kobe Earthquake 1995; The 1999 Turkish Earthquake; Earthquakes in California; Gujarat Earthquake 2001; L’Aquila Earthquake 2009; Haiti Earthquake 2010; Japan Earthquake 2011; Christchurch Earthquake Case Study; Nepal Earthquake 2015
Two Earthquakes Compared – Nepal and L’Aquila; Can the risks of earthquakes be reduced? What is a tsunami? The Kobe Earthquake 1995; The 1999 Turkish Earthquake; Earthquakes in California; Gujarat Earthquake 2001; L’Aquila Earthquake 2009; Haiti Earthquake 2010; Japan Earthquake 2011; Christchurch Earthquake Case Study; Nepal Earthquake 2015
Two Earthquakes Compared – Nepal and L’Aquila; Can the risks of earthquakes be reduced? What is a tsunami? The Kobe Earthquake 1995; The 1999 Turkish Earthquake; Earthquakes in California; Gujarat Earthquake 2001; L’Aquila Earthquake 2009; Haiti Earthquake 2010; Japan Earthquake 2011; Christchurch Earthquake Case Study; Nepal Earthquake 2015
Two Earthquakes Compared – Nepal and L’Aquila; Can the risks of earthquakes be reduced? What is a tsunami? The Kobe Earthquake 1995; The 1999 Turkish Earthquake; Earthquakes in California; Gujarat Earthquake 2001; L’Aquila Earthquake 2009; Haiti Earthquake 2010; Japan Earthquake 2011; Christchurch Earthquake Case Study; Nepal Earthquake 2015
