Map showing today's earthquakes in and around the Campi Flegrei including the 4.6-magnitude earthquake. Image credit: INGV Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License .

4.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Naples and Campi Flegrei

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near Naples at 12:47 p.m. on Monday, June 30, marking it the most powerful tremor in the area in the past 40 years. The epicentre was located in the Bacoli area, with a depth of 5 kilometres. The shock was clearly felt in central Naples, sending residents […]

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Aerial view of the caldera at Campi Flegrei. A second earthquake in a week was reported on 15th March 2025

Second earthquake in a week strikes Campi Flegrei

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei volcanic caldera near Naples at 1:32 pm on Saturday, Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reported. The shallow quake, with a depth of just 2.9 km, was widely felt across the area. It is the second earthquake in less than a week in the area.

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Women's prison evacuated as a temporary ,mesaure following earthquakes

Women’s prison evacuated in Campi Flegrei

Following the Campi Flegrei earthquakes yesterday, Campania Prisons Superintendent Lucia Castellano announced the precautionary evacuation of 140 inmates from Pozzuoli’s women’s prison. Inspections following the earthquakes that began late Monday in the Campi Flegrei volcanic caldera near Naples resulted in the evacuation of 39 families from 13 buildings in Pozzuoli on Tuesday. Additionally, Campania Prisons […]

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