A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has shaken the Campi Flegrei area in Naples
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale has shaken the area known as Campi Flegrei, home to an underground supervolcano in Naples, southern Italy.
The earthquake occurred at 1.46pm (local time) and was felt in several municipalities in the metropolitan region of the Campania capital, including the island of Procida.
There are no reports of damage or casualties, but the earthquake adds to a long series of seismic events that have occurred this year in the Campi Flegrei, an ancient Greek term meaning “fields in flames.”
The region, home to more than half a million people, is experiencing a phase of “bradysm,” a phenomenon that raises the ground level due to gases and magma accumulating in the depths.
At the end of June, the Italian government approved a decree allocating 440 million euros (R$2.7 billion) to prevent seismic risk in the region.
Unlike Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei does not have a main volcano, but rather several craters distributed over a structure called a “caldera”, a sunken and relatively circular area that was formed due to erosion caused by past eruptions.
According to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), there is no risk of an imminent eruption.
Source: Terra
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