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Italian scientists jailed for failing to predict earthquake
Tuesday October 23, 2012 09:41:30 PM,
IANS
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London: An Italian
court has convicted six scientists and a government official of
manslaughter for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly
earthquake in 2009, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.
The city of L'Aquila was decimated by the quake, which measured
more than 6.3 on the Richter scale and killed more than 300
people.
Now the group of seven, all members of an official body called the
National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major
Risks, have been found guilty of negligence and malpractice in
their evaluation of the danger of an earthquake.
The case has drawn wide condemnation from international bodies
including the American Geophysical Union, which said the risk of
litigation may deter scientists from advising governments or even
working to assess seismic risk, according to the Mail.
A 6.3 Richter strength earthquake struck L'Aquila, in Italy's
Abruzzo region at 3.32 a.m. April 6, 2009, wrecking tens of
thousands of buildings, injuring more than 1,000 people and
killing hundreds of others in their sleep.
At the heart of the case was whether the government-appointed
experts gave an overly reassuring picture of the risks facing the
town, which contained many ancient and fragile buildings and which
had been partially destroyed three times by earthquakes over the
centuries.
The quake's focal point was 22 miles northwest of Bologna, at a
relatively shallow depth of 6.3 miles. The earthquake - along with
around 250 aftershocks - caused an estimated 10 billion euros of
damage within 48 hours.
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