Geography case study - MEDC earthquake

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A case study of an MEDC earthquake
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Where? When? Magnitude? - L'Aquila, Italy - 6th April 2009 - Magnitude 6.3
Primary effects? - 291 dead - 1,500 injured - 58,000 homeless - 88,000 unemployed - 11,000 buildings destroyed
Secondary effects? - Aftershocks reach 5.8 on the richter scale - Streets are impassable due to collapsed buildings - Landslides, fires and rockfalls -$4 billion loss in the economy
Primary responses? - 11,000 volunteers - 34,000 in homeless camps - Red-cross provide 10,000 meals a day - All tax payments are put on hold - Train companies provide carriages for people to sleep in
Secondary responses? - Government pays for 1005 of the rebuilding costs - investigation into why the buildings were not earthquake proof in the first place - New town was funded for economic growth by the government
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