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May 21, 2024 · Italy schools, factories closed after quake ‘swarm’ near Naples. The area in southern Italy witnessed a ‘seismic swarm’ overnight in which some 150 quakes were recorded.
6 days ago · ROME — In Pozzuoli, the scenic beach town outside Naples where Sophia Loren was born, the most powerful earthquake for 40 years on Monday drove terrified inhabitants to sleep in their cars and an emergency camp on the seafront. In Italy, a country prone to seismic activity, Pozzuoli is part of a ...
May 23, 2024 · The earthquake was part of a flurry of 150 tremors in five hours, prompting many local residents to spend the night in their cars, and was followed by a 3.6 magnitude quake on Wednesday morning. Musumeci said that a "yellow alert" remains in place and that the government is working with local and regional authorities "to define an evacuation ...
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May 13, 2024 · Damage in an area affected by the L'Aquila earthquake of 2009. The magnitude-6.3 tremor struck at 3:32 am local time, extensively damaging the 13th-century city of L’Aquila, located only about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Rome. The earthquake resulted from normal faulting on the northwest-southeast-trending Paganica Fault.
May 21, 2024 · A women's prison near Naples was evacuated as a precaution on Tuesday after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck, with its epicentre at an active volcano west of the southern Italian port city. The ...
May 21, 2024 · The earthquake, which occurred at 20.10 at a depth of three kilometres, was the strongest to hit the Campi Flegrei area in the past 40 years. — INGVterremoti (@INGVterremoti) May 20, 2024. The quake resulted in mild structural damage in Pozzuoli, firefighters said, and sent people running into the streets in panic, with many of them spending ...
11 hours ago · The most recent earthquake struck central Italy on August 24, 2016, near the town of Amatrice. This earthquake measured 6.2 on the Richter scale and caused significant damage to several towns and villages in the area. The tremors were felt as far away as Rome, but the majority of the damage occurred in the regions of Lazio, Umbria, and Marche.
