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Massive Volcano Shows Life Near Naples, Italy
Campi Flegrei volcano is rumbling below Napels Italy Campi Flegrei: One of World’s Most Dangerous Supervolcanoes Could Erupt Sooner Than Expected Almost 500 years ago, Italy’s Campi Flegrei supervolcano erupted, spewing molten rock and thick plumes of smoke into the … Continue reading
Southern Italy: Earthquake hazard as a result of lively plate boundary
Tectonically, the Mediterranean is extraordinarily lively and thus threatened by pure catastrophes. Over the previous few years a world staff of researchers has intensively studied the seafloor south of Sicily and Calabria. In their research, they discovered proof for current … Continue reading
Ice Man, Ötzi: A treacherous murder with links to Central Italy
The copper used to make Ötzi’s axe blade did not come from the Alpine region as had previously been supposed, but from ore mined in southern Tuscany. Ötzi was probably not involved in working the metal himself, as the high … Continue reading
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Italy quake made ground move 70cm
This aerial photo shows damaged buildings in Amatrice. Areas hit by Italy’s 6.5-magnitude quake displaced the ground by up to 70 centimetres (27.5 inches), Italian scientists reported on Tuesday. Satellite images found that Sunday’s tremor deformed the landscape over 130 … Continue reading
Strongest Earthquake In Decades Strikes Central Italy
Before and After Italian Earthquake Fourth earthquake rattles Italy: Are more dangerous tremors on the way? Italy was struck by its fourth earthquake in three months on Sunday morning, a 6.6-magnitude tremor which injured twenty people and leveled a historic … Continue reading
What caused the Italy earthquake?
Why the earthquake in Italy was so destructive? Powerful earthquakes like the 6.2-magnitude temblor that rocked central Italy are surprisingly common in the region, geologists say. The shaking was caused by movement in the Tyrrhenian Basin, a seismically active area … Continue reading
Large Earthquake Strikes Central Italy, Killing Several People
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck central Italy, leaving at least 37 people dead and 150 missing, as rescuers search for survivors. Many of the dead were in the village of Pescara del Tronto which was levelled to the ground … Continue reading
Harpactocarcinus punctulatus ? Eocene ? Italy
Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Eocene near Verona, in northern Italy ? Specimen 01 FOSSIL CRAB – incredible preservation – Italy Item number: 260370823534 Starting bid: US $ 599.00?0 bids Ended: Mar-09-09 15:52:12 PDT Seller: ?fossilrealm ( 498 ) This is an excellent … Continue reading
Italy is one of the best places for moms
P(ANSA) – Rome, May 6 – Italy is one of the best countries for children and mothers, according to Save the Children’s annual State of the World’s Mothers (SOWM) report.BRIn 2014 Italy ranked 11th out of 178 countries reviewed, six … Continue reading
Renzi says Italy must change or be EU laggards
P(ANSA) – Rome, May 5 – Premier Matteo Renzi said Monday that the government’s reform programme was necessary to stop Italy becoming one of the European Union’s worst-performing States.BR”Our ideas are not the result of improvisation,” Renzi told a seminar … Continue reading