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12 years after: Learning from the L'Aquila disaster (Abruzzo, Italy)

Date:06 April 2021
Author:Angelo J. Imperiale

Twelve years ago, at 3.32 a.m. on April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, the capital city of the Abruzzo region in central Italy, and its surrounding area were devastated by an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Moment Magnitude Scale (5.9 on the Richter Scale), killing...