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Italy:Earthquake:2002/10/31

Duration	2002/10/31	Fifty-seven children and staff were trapped in rubble after their school collapsed when a violent earthquake rocked the Italian village of San Giuliano di Puglia.
Country or District	Italy
Name	Earthquake

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
BBC news 2002/11/02
Dead: 29 people (including 26 children)	The school collapsed on itself while other buildings were left standing.
IFRC Report 2002/11/01
Death:27 people Rescued:34 people	Nearly three quarters of the village buildings collapsed

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Report/Articles IFRC Report 2002/11/01 An earthquake registering 5.9 on the Richter Scale occurred in southern, and 27 people are dead, and some 34 people were rescued. The Voice of America 2002/11/01 Another Earthquake Rocks Italy The Irish times 2002/11/02 Italy mourns the 'little angels' of village school's earthquake disaster BBC news 2002/11/02 Residents from the southern Italian village where 29 people were killed in an earthquake have spent a second night in the open. CNN News 2002/11/1 Sobbing family members were keeping a restless watch over rescuers digging through the rubble of a collapsed school where 24 children have already been found dead. Reuters 2002/11/01 Earthquake killed at least 22 people, including 20 children crushed when their school collapsed. CNN news 2002/10/31 Earthquake killed 19 children in southern Italy. CNN news 2002/10/31 Earthquake struck in southern Italy. BBC news 2002/10/31 Witnesses describe earthquake terror

Geographycal Data Information USGS National Earthquake Information Center Magnitude 5.9, Location 41.73N, 14.89E

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Pictures BBC news 2002/11/03 In pictures: Italy quake victims funeral BBC news 2002/11/01 In pictures: Italy school tragedy