Scientific Community Responds to Verdict Convicting Italian Seismologists
A number of well respected science organizations have issued statements following the manslaughter conviction of six Italian scientists and a government official in connection with the tragic L’Aquila earthquake that occurred on April 6, 2009. This earthquake caused significant damage to L'Aquila and the surrounding area and killed 300 people.
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Interview on National Public Radio (NPR) with Dr. Tom Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center (October 23, 2012)
- Statement from the Seismological Society of America (October 25, 2012)
- Statement from the American Geophysical Union (October 23, 2012)
- Statement from the Geological Society of America (October 25, 2012)
- Statement from the European Geosciences Union (October 23, 2012)
- Statement from the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth Interior
- Joint Statement from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and The Royal Society (U.K.) (October 25, 2012)
- Statement from the Seismological Society of Japan (October 29, 2012)
- Statement from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (June 29, 2010)
This web page may be updated if additional statements are issued by other scientific organizations.
