{"id":1934,"date":"2012-05-29T15:34:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2012-05-29T15:57:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T15:57:27","slug":"terremoto-in-emilia-romagna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/terremoto-in-emilia-romagna\/","title":{"rendered":"Terremoto in Emilia Romagna"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday the 20th of May, at 4:04 in the morning, l\u2019Emilia Romagna<\/strong> was woken up by a violent terremoto<\/strong> (earthquake) measuring 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale. During the quake, which lasted 20 seconds, six people died and several more were injured. Four of these victims were doing night shifts in the factories where they worked when the buildings collapsed upon them. Besides factories, the damage to both historical monuments and residential buildings is very severe, and hundreds of thousands of people are now living in tendopoli<\/strong> (tent cities) or sleeping in their cars because their houses are unsafe, or they are too scared to remain inside buildings. Since that first earthquake the earth hasn\u2019t stopped shaking, with up to 70 quakes being recorded in a period of 24 hours. <\/span><\/p>\n

This earthquake was a big surprise to most people here in Italy because l\u2019Emilia Romagna <\/strong>is a very flat region which is traditionally considered a low risk seismic area.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sopra: La Torre dell\u2019Orologio di Finale Emilia, simbolo del terremoto del 20 maggio<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This morning at 9:00 o\u2019clock another strong quake took place, this time of 5.8 magnitude. In the small town of Cavezzo<\/strong>, near Modena<\/strong> which was particularly badly hit, 75 per cent of the buildings were damaged. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ten more people have died, five of whom were at work in factories, whilst several more are believed to be trapped under collapsed buildings. The question I keep asking myself is \u2018why are people still dying inside factories in an area that hasn\u2019t stopped shaking for over a week. Is the production of commodities really worth risking people’s lives for?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

This video was taken during this morning’s big quake in one of the tendopoli<\/strong>: <\/span>