L'Aquila Earthquake- On April 6, 2009, Monday morning, an earthquake shook L'Aquila, the capital of the Abruzzo region, central Italy. It occured at 3.32am Abruzzo time(1:32 UTC) when many citizens were asleep. It was the worst earthquake in 30 years.
The L'Aquila Earthquake was caused by the compression of the Eurasian and African plates, also, it occurred because of a normal faulting on a NW-SE structure in the central Appennines and the east-west extensional tectonics dominating along the Appennines belt. This extension is caused by the back-arc basin in the Tyrrherian Ocean opening faster than the African Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate.
The magnitude of the devastating earthquake was reported to measure 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The impact and extent of damage caused by the earthquake was great, causing 307 people to be dead, 1,500 to be injured and tens of thousands of citizens homeless. It also caused damage to between 3,000 and 11,000 buildings in the city, including medieval buildings. Buildings also collapsed. In the quake epicentre's, the dome of a church fell in and the city's main San Massimo cathedral was badly damaged. It's indeed sad to see the beautiful city being turned into that.
The government has sent people to help the homeless to find shelter before nightfall and have suspended tax billing for all Abruzzo residents, as well as mortgage payments. Some companies have helped by sending free mobile phones packages for those who had lost their phones. Though these companies are not part of the government, but it is still worth commending.
I think that the government should put in more money to make the buildings stronger. If the buildings were stronger, the death toll would not be so high. Although more money would be needed, but the benefits would be very worth it.
Bibliography
Website- John Hooper and Peter Walker, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/06/italy-earthquake-laquila, extracted 06-04-2009
Website- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L, extracted 26-02-2010
Website- Telegraph.co.uk,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5114636/LAquila-earthquake-damaged-ancient-baths-in-Rome.html, extracted 06-04-2009
Website- Reuters,
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL7625769._CH_.2420, extracted 07-04-2009
BY JOURNALIST FOO SI NING OF 1 PURITY
The L'Aquila Earthquake was caused by the compression of the Eurasian and African plates, also, it occurred because of a normal faulting on a NW-SE structure in the central Appennines and the east-west extensional tectonics dominating along the Appennines belt. This extension is caused by the back-arc basin in the Tyrrherian Ocean opening faster than the African Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate.
The magnitude of the devastating earthquake was reported to measure 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The impact and extent of damage caused by the earthquake was great, causing 307 people to be dead, 1,500 to be injured and tens of thousands of citizens homeless. It also caused damage to between 3,000 and 11,000 buildings in the city, including medieval buildings. Buildings also collapsed. In the quake epicentre's, the dome of a church fell in and the city's main San Massimo cathedral was badly damaged. It's indeed sad to see the beautiful city being turned into that.
The government has sent people to help the homeless to find shelter before nightfall and have suspended tax billing for all Abruzzo residents, as well as mortgage payments. Some companies have helped by sending free mobile phones packages for those who had lost their phones. Though these companies are not part of the government, but it is still worth commending.
I think that the government should put in more money to make the buildings stronger. If the buildings were stronger, the death toll would not be so high. Although more money would be needed, but the benefits would be very worth it.
Bibliography
Website- John Hooper and Peter Walker, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/06/italy-earthquake-laquila, extracted 06-04-2009
Website- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L, extracted 26-02-2010
Website- Telegraph.co.uk,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5114636/LAquila-earthquake-damaged-ancient-baths-in-Rome.html, extracted 06-04-2009
Website- Reuters,
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL7625769._CH_.2420, extracted 07-04-2009
BY JOURNALIST FOO SI NING OF 1 PURITY
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