Huge earthquake in Italy
Posted on April 6th, 2009 by ecthompson md
A large earthquake has hit Italy. The magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit around the ancient town of L’Aquila. Current figures suggest that over 90 people died and over 1500 people have been injured. This, of course, has put a large strain on Italy’s emergency response system. I’m sure that international aid has already been offered.
The backstory, which I found on Crooks and Liars, is that an Italian scientist has been monitoring tremors in the area and suggested that there was to be a large earthquake relatively soon, but he was silenced by politicians. Read more here.
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