Campi Flegrei volcano in Italy is experiencing the strongest earthquake in its history

Campi Flegrei schools closed on Tuesday amid a seismic storm.

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook Campi Flegrei on Monday evening, a highly seismic area in the Campania region of southern Italy near Naples.

The quake was part of an ongoing “seismic storm” of tremors, with an epicenter near the town of Pozzuoli, according to Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).

The earthquake, which occurred at 20.10 at a depth of three kilometers, was the strongest earthquake to hit the Campi Flegrei region in the past forty years.

[DATI #RIVISTI] #4.4 magnitude earthquake at 8.10 PM EDT on 05.20.2024 in Campi Flegrei Prof = 2.6 km #INGV_38759141 https://t.co/qqSmIFurdb

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Firefighters said the quake caused minor structural damage in Pozzuoli and sent people into the streets in panic, with many spending the night in their cars.

About 150 tremors were recorded over five hours on Tuesday evening, including a 3.5 magnitude earthquake at 19.59 degrees and a 3.9 magnitude earthquake at 21.46 degrees, INGV said.

Local authorities said schools in the areas around Pozzuoli, Baccoli, Quarto and Monte di Procida, as well as some parts of Naples, would be closed on Tuesday as a precaution.

Declared a regional park 20 years ago, the Phlegrain Fields is a highly seismic area formed by an enormous volcanic caldera, located west of Naples and about 50 kilometers from Mount Vesuvius.

Campo Flegrei last erupted in 1538, but earthquakes have become common in the area since 1950, with seismic disturbances escalating in the early 1980s.

Experts believe that the recent rise in seismic activity is linked to broodism, a phenomenon that involves the gradual rising or subsidence of part of the Earth's surface, caused by filling or emptying of underground magma chambers or hydrothermal activity.

There are 15 cities in the Campi Villegre region with a combined population of more than half a million people living in the so-called “red zone” most at risk.

Earlier this year, the Italian government announced new measures in light of increasing seismic activity in the region, and updated emergency plans for the possibility of mass evacuation.

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