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Irpinia earthquake: 43 years later

On November 23, 1980, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit a vast area of ​​Campania, Basilicata and marginally Puglia, causing 2,734 victims.
During the earthquake, the fault emerged on the surface for a length of approximately 40 km and dislocations of up to approximately one metre.
During the INQUA Summer School and as part of the GeoSciences IR project, ISPRA researchers and the Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II visited the areas affected by the earthquake to carry out field studies.