Earthquakes in Italy have been warned in advance

Several weeks ago, an Italian scientist predicted that an earthquake would occur near the city of L'Aquila and inform the authorities. But local officials said that he deliberately spread confusion.

Homes for earthquakes in the city of L'Aquila.Photo: Reuters.

On April 6, when the earthquake struck, the Italian government insisted that seismic researcher Gioacchino Giuliani had no scientific basis, but Giuliani said the government must apologize to him.

The first shocks in central Italy began in mid-January this year and continue to appear regularly during certain times. That situation caused the official of the old city of L'Aquila (about 100 km northeast of Rome) to continuously increase the level of warning.

A month ago, many trucks carried loudspeakers across the city and called on residents to evacuate their homes after seismic expert Giuliani predicted a strong earthquake about to happen. This made the mayor angry even though he knew Giuliani was a scientist of the National Institute of Astrophysics.

Giuliani predicts a massive earthquake is about to occur after the concentration of concentrated radon gas is found in densely populated areas. However, the police were told that Giuliani 'spread panic'. They forced him to delete the warning on the Internet.

'Now there will be many people who apologize to me if they have conscience , ' Giuliani said.

Lifeguards and firefighters take a body from the ruined dormitory of a university in the old city of L'Aquila.Photo: Reuters.

Giuliani - a citizen of the city of L'Aquila - said he felt extremely desperate on April 5 when he discovered that the earthquake was about to happen.

'I don't know who to talk to. The police investigated and monitored me just because I said an earthquake was about to happen , 'Giuliani said.

When reporters asked if the government took any reasonable measures to protect people from Giuliani's warning, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that, at the present time, people should pay attention to the effort. Relief force and search for missing people.

'We will discuss the following earthquake forecast,' Berlusconi said.

On March 31, the Citizens Protection Agency held a discussion on earthquakes in the city of L'Aquila. Many scientists responsible for earthquake risk assessment participated in the discussion. When the meeting ended, the Citizens Protection Agency announced: 'The recent seismic events that people feel are a completely normal phenomenon in an area where earthquakes are frequent such as the area. around L'Aquila. We have no reason to panic even though we must constantly monitor the situation . '