In 2012, in which country were six scientists convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake?
Earthquake prediction the disastrous Tangshan earthquake of summer 1976." . Following the L'Aquila earthquake of 2009, seven scientists and technicians in Italy were convicted of manslaughter, but not so much for failing to "predict" the 2009 L'Aquila Earthquake (where some 300 people died) as for "giving undue assurance" to the populace – one victim called it "anaesthetizing" – that there would "not" be a serious earthquake, and therefore no need to take precautions. But warning of an earthquake that does not occur also incurs a cost: not only the cost of the emergency measures themselves, but of civil and economic disruption. False
2009 L'Aquila earthquake visited the areas affected by the L'Aquila earthquake on 28 April 2009. The 35th G8 summit took place in the city of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, on 8–10 July 2009. It was moved from the Sardinian seaside city of La Maddalena as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the earthquake. A trial, which lasted from September 2011 until October 2012, found six scientists and a former government official guilty of involuntary manslaughter. According to the prosecution, they had spread "inaccurate, incomplete and contradictory" statements after preliminary tremors could be felt on the days before 6 April 2009. While scientists