Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Have you been following the news of the Italian earthquake?  A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy and people are still searching for survivors.  The quake destroyed over 10,000 homes and left over 28,000 people homeless.

With the digital technology that we have today, we can learn more about these events as they happen.  The most recent newspaper articles are available through our NewsBank database as they are published.  One of the most recent articles noted that the Vatican has sent in its fire brigade to help out the other Italian emergency services.  People pull together in times like this.

There's also a scientific side to this story as well.  The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has been monitoring the quake as well as the aftershocks.  Of course the USGS has also been paying very close attention to another geological event here in the U.S.: the earthquakes and ash eruptions from Alaska's Mount Redoubt.  You might think that Alaska is mainly wilderness, but Mt. Redoubt is very close to Anchorage, one of the largest cities in Alaska.

Remember that the next time an event like this happens, you have many resources to draw upon.  They will give you up to the minute information when you need it.