We can read the sequence of events of the Friuli earthquake through the split of its psycho-social consequences into three temporal phases: the emergency, the restoration and the remembrance. Social behaviors during the emergency phase can be generalized sufficiently, especially for social contexts where a "disaster subculture" can be detected; the restoration phase is more connected to specific environmental, cultural and political dimensions. Researches performed some years after the event allowed to identify different modes for responding to the environmental thrauma.
Keywords: Earthquake, disaster, emergency, restoration, subculture, remembrance.