Earthquake in Italy : Earthquake in Italy News Monday 04 April
Lesson by Maggi Carstairs
http://activeenglishspeaking.com/course/view.php?id=16 : http://activeenglishspeaking.com/course/view.php?id=16 The provisional death toll has risen to 150 in Monday's earthquake in central Italy, rescue workers said, quoted by Italian media. Provisional
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Slide 3 : But hospital sources cited by Italy's domestic ANSA news agency say the earthquake has killed more than 150 people.
At least 1,500 people were injured in the earthquake that struck central Italy, Italian Prime Silvio Berlusconi said, vowing that 'no one will be abandoned to their fate'.
Injuries : Injuries There have been '1,500 injured so far', Berlusconi told a news conference in the quake's epicenter, the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila.
'Among the victims are two students, including one from the Czech Republic,' Berlusconi said. Epicenter
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Title : Title 'I want to say something important, no one will be abandoned to his fate,' said Berlusconi, adding that a tent village was being set up that could accommodate between 16,000 and 20,000 people and would be ready by nightfall.
Some 50,000 people have been made homeless by the quake, emergency services said.
Magnitude : Magnitude The quake came just hours after a 4.6-magnitude tremor shook Italy's north-central region with no reports of damage.
That quake occurred at 10.20 pm on Sunday near Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region and was exceptionally deep at some 28km, public safety officials told ANSA.
Because of its depth, the tremor was felt over a wide area, notably in the Marche region on the Adriatic coast.
Earthquakes in Italy : Earthquakes in Italy People there felt both earthquakes. A powerful earthquake in the region claimed 13 lives in 1997 and damaged or destroyed priceless cultural heritage.
People inland near Bologna, as far north as Trieste and as far south as Aquila, also reported feeling Sunday's quake, ANSA added.
Italy is criss-crossed by two fault lines, with some 20 million people at risk from earthquakes.
Past Earthquakes : Past Earthquakes Deadly tremors of the past include an October 2002 quake that killed 30 people including 27 pupils and their teacher who were crushed under their schoolhouse in the tiny medieval village of San Giuliano di Puglia.
Twenty-two years earlier, on November 23, 1980, a violent quake struck the southern region of Irpiona near Naples, killing 2,570, injuring 8,850 and displacing 30,000.
Questions : Questions Where was the earthquake?
How many were injured?
What was the magnitude of the earthquake?
Is this an earthquake prone area?
How far was the earthquake felt?
What other earthquakes have they experienced?
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Have you experienced an earthquake? : Have you experienced an earthquake?
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