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08-24-2016, 08:18 PM
Here's why Italy is prone to devastating earthquakes
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Dozens of people were killed in central Italy after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/italy-earthquake-amatrice/#6QbkJtSvUSqr?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) nearly leveled hilltop towns and trapped residents under piles of rubble.
The Wednesday morning earthquake is the latest in a string of deadly seismic events to strike Italy in the past four decades.
The Mediterranean nation is particularly prone to earthquakes for a mix of geographical reasons, Jennifer Weston, a seismologist with the International Seismological Center in England, told Mashable.
SEE ALSO: This photo shows the level of destruction of Italy earthquake (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/italy-earthquake-amatrice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Italy and its neighboring countries sit at the spot where the Eurasia and Africa (or Nubia) tectonic plates collide.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/why-italy-is-vulnerable-to-earthquakes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Dozens of people were killed in central Italy after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/italy-earthquake-amatrice/#6QbkJtSvUSqr?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) nearly leveled hilltop towns and trapped residents under piles of rubble.
The Wednesday morning earthquake is the latest in a string of deadly seismic events to strike Italy in the past four decades.
The Mediterranean nation is particularly prone to earthquakes for a mix of geographical reasons, Jennifer Weston, a seismologist with the International Seismological Center in England, told Mashable.
SEE ALSO: This photo shows the level of destruction of Italy earthquake (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/italy-earthquake-amatrice/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Italy and its neighboring countries sit at the spot where the Eurasia and Africa (or Nubia) tectonic plates collide.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/why-italy-is-vulnerable-to-earthquakes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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