Predicting earthquake was never a foolproof affair for seismologists around the world and until 2009 L'Aquila, the wrath of Mother Nature never came with a legal aftershock attached – the Italian experts are now facing trail for manslaughter for failing to predict the quake.
The team of 7, including a government servant and six seismologists allegedly failed to alarm public ahead of April 6 L'Aquila quake, in 2009, which killed around 300 people, as per the US Geological survey.
Many scientists back the Italian seismologists saying it's not their fault that they could not predict the disaster. According to experts of earth science, despite advancements in technology, forecasting quakes accurately has a long way to go.
The trial of the six-member committee was announced on May 25 by Judge Giuseppe Romano, saying that the committee failed to read the earthquake swarms that occurred days prior to the devastating one.
The offended earth science fraternity slammed the trial saying that they always used to get swarms and added that there were nothing in the readings received prior to the 2009 L'Aquila which pointed to any disaster.