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An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy, at 03:32 CEST (01:32 UTC) on 6 April 2009.It was rated 5.8 or 5.9 on the Richter scale and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale; [9] its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered the most damage.
The University was badly affected by the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, with fifty-five students killed and only two buildings on the university's two out-of-town campuses remaining structurally sound. The new academic year has found the university conducting a full program of reconstruction.
Fossa (formerly Aveia) is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Bernardino of Fossa was born in the town. The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake contributed to the collapse of a bridge in Fossa, [3] and caused extensive damage to the residential buildings in the town. [4]
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 25 km northwest of L'Aquila on 18 January at 10:25 local time at a depth of 9 km. [4] A stronger, 5.7 tremor hit the same epicentral area at 11:14 local time. [5] A third earthquake of preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck 11 minutes later. [6] At 14:33 local time, the fourth tremor of magnitude 5.2 was ...
The 1703 Apennine earthquakes were a sequence of three earthquakes of magnitude ≥6 that occurred in the central Apennines of Italy, over a period of 19 days. The epicenters were near Norcia (14 January), Montereale (16 January) and L'Aquila (2 February), showing a southwards progression over about 36 kilometres (22 mi).
This is a list of major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. ... 2009 L'Aquila earthquake ...
The 35th G8 summit was held in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, on 8–10 July 2009.It was originally to be held at Sardinian seaside city of La Maddalena, but it was moved to L'Aquila as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the devastating earthquake that April.
Interior view before the 2009 earthquake. The dome of Santa Maria di Collemaggio collapsed in the 1461 L'Aquila earthquake. [1] A wall of the church collapsed in the earthquake that hit L'Aquila on April 6, 2009. In the first post-quake images of the area, the facade of the church still stands behind the restoration scaffolding.