M 6.0 EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES ARTISTIC AND HISTORIC HERITAGE

NEAR BOLOGNA, ITALY

4:04 AM, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of

North Carolina, USA

LOCATION

THE BAD NEWS:GREATEST LOSS IN ITALY’S

ARTISTIC HERITAGE SINCE 1997 WHEN ASSISI WAS STRUCK BY A MODERATE EARTHQUAKE

INITIAL REPORTS

The shallow (10.5 km),moderate-magnitude earthquake, 35 km from Bologna, followed by vigorous aftershocks, rocked northern Italy early Sunday morning, killing at least seven people, injuring dozens, and seriously damaging buildings, historic churches, bell towers and a medieval castle.

DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS

3,000 people, some in their sleep attire, who rushed

outside after the main shock to minimize fatalities from

aftershocks, were stranded

PEOPLE STILL WAITING OUTSIDE

DAMAGE TO WALL

DAMAGE TO BUILDING

DAMAGE TO CARS

DAMAGE TO BUILDING IN BOLOGNA

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE DAMAGE TO BUILDING IN BOLOGNA

DAMAGE TO CASTELLO DELLE ROCCHE

DAMAGE TO HISTORIC BELL TOWER

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti cut short his trip to the United States because of the quake.

L’AQUILLAITALY’S LAST NOTABLE

DAMAGING EARTHQUAKE--

ABOUT 3 TIMES LARGER THAN BOLOGNA QUAKE, KILLED 300

APRIL 6, 2009

L’AQUILA, ITALY AREA DEVASTATED BY MODERATE

EARTHQUAKEA Town of 70,000

M6.33:30 AM

APRIL 6, 2009

• VULNERABLE UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS DAMAGED• UNIVERSITY DORM COLLAPSES• VULNERABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED• AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED DEAD AND TWO THOUSAND NJURED• TENS OF THOUSANDS HOMELESS

L'AQUILA AND 26 TOWNS AND VILLAGES DEVASTATED

L'AQUILA: SITE EFFECTS FROM LOCATION IN OLD LAKE BED

ONNA: 3 MILES FROM L'AQUILA

ONNA

SANTA MARIA PAGANICA CHURCH

SEARCH AND RESCUE

SEARCH AND RESCUE

SEARCH AND RESCUE

EVACUEE ASLEEP IN CAR

EVACUATION CENTER: UNIVERSITY SPORTS CENTER

EVACUEES: STADIUM

EVACUEES HOUSED IN STADIUM

• Many earthquake survivors had to be transported to Rome for surgery and/or treatment due to shortage of resources in the L’Aquila area