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      • Damage in an area affected by the L'Aquila earthquake of 2009. The magnitude-6.3 tremor struck at 3:32 am local time, extensively damaging the 13th-century city of L’Aquila, located only about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Rome. The earthquake resulted from normal faulting on the northwest-southeast-trending Paganica Fault.
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  2. May 13, 2024 · L’Aquila earthquake of 2009, severe earthquake that occurred on April 6, 2009, near the city of L’Aquila in the Abruzzi region of central Italy, killing more than 300 people. Learn more about the earthquake, including its causes and damage as well as relief efforts.

  3. 0.66 g [5] Peak velocity. 42.83 cm/s [5] Casualties. 308 dead [6] 1,500+ injured [7] 66,000+ homeless [8] 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 magnitude scale and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale; [9] its epicentre was near L'Aquila ...

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  4. 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.

  5. In the early morning of April 6, 2009 a 20 seconds lasting earthquake with magnitude 6,9 (followed later by weaker aftershocks) occurred near the city of L´Aquila (Abruzzo, Italy). More than...

  6. Apr 7, 2009 · 120. A man inspected the rubble of his destroyed house in Onna, near L’Aquila. The quake left thousands homeless in the mountainous Abruzzo region east of Rome. Chris Helgren/Reuters. By Rachel...

  7. Oct 10, 2016 · Central Italy's devastating earthquake of 24 August will rumble on in the lives of survivors for many years - that is the all-too-painful lesson of the town of L'Aquila. On 6 April 2009, a...

  8. Nov 3, 2016 · Restoration work at the Church of San Biagio in L’Aquila, which was struck by an earthquake in 2009. L’Aquila is a tale of two cities: part ghost town, part construction site....

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