1. M 6.0 EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES ARTISTIC AND HISTORIC HERITAGE NEAR BOLOGNA, ITALY 4:04 AM, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. LOCATION

3. THE BAD NEWS: GREATEST LOSS IN ITALY’S ARTISTIC HERITAGE SINCE 1997 WHEN ASSISI WAS STRUCK BY A MODERATE EARTHQUAKE

4. INITIAL REPORTS  The shallow (10.5 km),moderate- magnitude earthquake, 35 km from Bologna, followed by vigorous aftershocks, rocked northern Italy early Sunday morning, killing at least seven people, injuring dozens, and seriously damaging buildings, historic churches, bell towers and a medieval castle.

5. DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS

6. 3,000 people, some in their sleep attire, who rushed outside after the main shock to minimize fatalities from aftershocks, were stranded

7. PEOPLE STILL WAITING OUTSIDE

8. DAMAGE TO WALL

9. DAMAGE TO BUILDING

10. DAMAGE TO CARS

11. DAMAGE TO BUILDING IN BOLOGNA

12. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE DAMAGE TO BUILDING IN BOLOGNA

13. DAMAGE TO CASTELLO DELLE ROCCHE

14. DAMAGE TO HISTORIC BELL TOWER

15. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti cut short his trip to the United States because of the quake.

16. L’AQUILLA ITALY’S LAST NOTABLE DAMAGING EARTHQUAKE -- ABOUT 3 TIMES LARGER THAN BOLOGNA QUAKE, KILLED 300 APRIL 6, 2009

17. L’AQUILA, ITALY AREA DEVASTATED BY MODERATE EARTHQUAKE A Town of 70,000 M6.3 3:30 AM APRIL 6, 2009

20. VULNERABLE UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS DAMAGED UNIVERSITY DORM COLLAPSES VULNERABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED DEAD AND TWO THOUSAND NJURED TENS OF THOUSANDS HOMELESS

21. L'AQUILA AND 26 TOWNS AND VILLAGES DEVASTATED

22. L'AQUILA: SITE EFFECTS FROM LOCATION IN OLD LAKE BED

23. ONNA: 3 MILES FROM L'AQUILA

24. ONNA

28. SANTA MARIA PAGANICA CHURCH

34. SEARCH AND RESCUE

38. EVACUEE ASLEEP IN CAR

39. EVACUATION CENTER: UNIVERSITY SPORTS CENTER

40. EVACUEES: STADIUM

41. EVACUEES HOUSED IN STADIUM

42. Many earthquake survivors had to be transported to Rome for surgery and/or treatment due to shortage of resources in the L’Aquila area