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An Italian court has found scientists directly responsible for 29 of the 309 deaths from the 2009 earthquake. EPA/Roberto Grillo

Scientists found guilty for L'Aquila earthquake deaths … but why?

Valentina Koschatzky, Macquarie University; John McAneney, Macquarie University; Katharine Haynes, Macquarie University, and Paul Somerville, Macquarie University

Six Italian scientists and one governmental official were found guilty of manslaughter on Monday for underestimating the risk of a deadly 2009 earthquake. The quake struck the medieval Italian town of…
Dr Bernado de Bernardinis told residents to go home and enjoy a glass of red. Now he’s in the dock. AFP PHOTO/ TIZIANA FABI

Manslaughter trial of L'Aquila earthquake scientists will cause serious aftershocks

Paul Somerville, Macquarie University and Katharine Haynes, Macquarie University

This week, a committee of six scientists (including Dr Enzo Boschi, formerly president of Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) and one government official, whose role was to advise…

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