Fifty years since major quake, preparedness levels found patchy

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The Slovenia Times

Fifty years ago, on the evening of 6 May 1976, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with its epicentre near the Italian town of Gemona del Friuli devastated parts of northeastern Italy and northwestern Slovenia. Survivors still recall the night the ground shook, while experts warn that much of the country ...