Earthquake in Central Italy

This image of central Italy shows the rugged topography in the vicinity of L’Aquila, where a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck on April 6, 2009.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using SRTM data provided courtesy of the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published April 7, 2009
Data acquired April 6, 2009

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Space Shuttle > SRTM