Is it possible to attenuate some “post-seismic vibrations” among the public? Experience from the Mw 6,3 L'Aquila earthquake

Abstract

This work describes all the activities of information, following the earthquake of April 6, 2009 L'Aquila (Central Italy), aimed to the Department of Civil Protection (DPC), to the operators involved in emergency, to the people affected by earthquake and teachers of schools opened immediately after the earthquake and in September. These initiatives arise from different experiences and skills gained in recent years in seismic risk reduction projects and in the field of information and emergency management. Just after the April 6 earthquake, the COES (Centro Operativo Emergenza Sismica, Seismological Emergency Operational Center) has been installed in the DICOMAC (Directorate of Command and Control - which is the central structure of the DPC that coordinates the emergency activities in the areas affected by the earthquake) in the Guardia di Finanza headquarters in Coppito (L'Aquila).