Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Seismologist Forced to Remove Quake Warning From the Internet

April 6, 2009 at 4:30 pm PT

After an earthquake in the Abruzzo region of Italy killed at least 100 people, a local scientist is demanding an apology from authorities and saying that he was forced to take his warnings off the Internet. A week ago, Gioacchino Giuliani, a seismologist at the nearby Gran Sasso National Laboratory, predicted that a large quake could occur soon after several small tremors. According to Reuters, his warning prompted vans with loudspeakers telling residents to leave their homes.

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