Feeling L'Aquila's earthquake tremors in Rome
Rome, Italy — A 6.3 magnitude earthquake shuddered through Italy early this morning, and at the time I am writing this, the death toll has risen to 90 people, with nearly 1,500 injured, according to the BBC. Not to mention all the victims who lost their homes.
The quake was centered near L’Aquila, the capital city of Italy’s Abruzzo region, which borders on Lazio, where Rome is located. And despite an approximate 60 miles between the epicenter and Rome, my roommates and I woke up to the shaking around 3:30 a.m. While I did not notice the shaking, I woke up just after the quake happened, and heard my roommates awake in the hallway of the apartment.
One of my roommates, psychology senior Sarah Greenberg, said she woke up to the tremors.
“First I felt myself shake, then I felt my bed shake,” she said. “You could hear the doors rattling.”
I have not heard of any recorded damage in Rome, and I saw no signs of the morning earthquake on my walks to and from class today.
But L’Aquila is another story. There are estimates that between 3,000 and 10,000 of that city’s buildings were damaged, and rescuers are still busy sifting through the rubble.
For now, authorities are searching for unaccounted persons and trying to find shelter for all the displaced. Let’s hope the earthquake’s aftershocks are minimal and L’Aquila’s residents can start piecing their lives back together very soon.
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Journalism and political science junior and former State News reporter Abby Lubbers is studying abroad at John Cabot University in Rome for the spring 2009 semester.
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Joyce
(04/07/09 4:14pm)Report
I hope you are all safe! Our last trip to Europe was to Rome..
and me and my husband loved that place. Take care.