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Originally Posted by BTinSF
...Italy, like California, is prone to earthquakes...
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that's true, but not so powerful nor frequent like in California and Japan ...the biggest heartquake we have had in Italy was the (7.2 Richter)
Reggio Calabria and Messina heartquake in 1908 (Wiki link only in italian) with 100,000 dead, but 100 years ago all buildings was old and not so much resistant, also, recently I've read that great part of the heartquake's victims was due to the following
tsunami since the distance between the two cities is just 3 km. of sea ...of course, I hope that
ALL skyscrapers built in Italy will match the
BEST earthquake-resistant specs
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