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2009 L'Aquila earthquake

An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in southern Italy, at 03:32 CEST (01:32 UTC) on 6 April 2009. It measured 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale and 5.8 or 5.9 on the Richter scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered the most damage.

2009 L'Aquila earthquake
2009 L'Aquila earthquake · Original uploader was TheWiz83 at it.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
6 Apr 2009
Where
Abruzzo
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Italy753 BCE – today

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