Taiwan earthquake, the 1999 reconstruction and the differences with L’Aquila
Il earthquake which hit yesterday Taiwan it was decidedly stronger in magnitude than what it destroyed The Eagle in 2009. In Abruzzo the strongest earthquake was 6.3 on the Richter scalewhile in the Asian country it was 7.4the level with which a similar shock is defined is “disastrous“. But unlike the L’Aquila earthquake that it caused 309 dead, 1600 injured and 10 billion in damage, the balance sheet was decidedly better. The confirmed deaths after a similar catastrophe are “sun” nine people. The difference between L’Aquila and Taiwan lies in prevention.
In the 1999in fact – reports Il Corriere della Sera – Taiwan was hit by another large earthquake, estimated at 7.6 degrees Richter: i dead they had been 2.400 and 50,000 buildings devastated. The government has since strengthened preparedness for seismic events, recurring on the island located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the Philippine and Eurasian plates move closer together by more than 7 centimeters per year: the friction “charges” the earthquake. A teaching which should also be followed in Italiaa country highly at seismic risk, especially in certain areas, just like The Eagle.