Earthquake — Italy: L'aquila

When

6 Apr 2009

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.3

Where

Italy

Coordinates

42.33° N, 13.33° E

Deaths

309

Injuries

1500

Damage musd

2500

Houses destroyed

15000

Depth km

9

Earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy

An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in southern Italy, at 03:32 CEST 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.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 308 and injuring more than 1,500”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2009 L'Aquila depremi: İtalya, L'Aquila yakınlarında meydana gelen depremde 308 kişi öldü ve 1500'den fazla kişi yaralandı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem Erdbeben der Stärke 6,3 werden in den italienischen Abruzzen rund um die Stadt L’Aquila 299 Menschen getötet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,3 sacude la ciudad italiana de L'Aquila, que deja al menos 308 muertos, 1500 heridos y 65.000 personas sin hogar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “イタリア中部のアブルッツォ州・ラクイラ近辺でマグニチュード6.3の地震が発生（ラクイラ地震）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page