Strong Earthquakes in the Campi Flegrei Area, Increased Ground Uplift – Should one Worry?

On the weekend there were earthquakes again in Naples – and in the region there is a growing fear of a volcanic eruption. The government is now presenting security measures.

After the earthquake of magnitude 4.4 in Naples (Italy) the fear of an outbreak of the super volcano rises. The government has plans to evacuate the danger area.

The bradyism and the earthquakes in the Phlegraean Fields, we hear and read in the media, 'have always been there, for millennia. ' On the contrary, bradysism understood as ground lifting (even lowering is called bradysisma, but in popular perception it is not) has existed only in two limited historical periods: from 1430 to 1538 and from 1950 to today, in intermittent phases. Seismicity in the Phlegraean Fields is also very rare: we know that i…

The earthquake also felt in Naples and Giugliano (ANSA)

Naples, 17 March 2025 — Two thousand buildings at risk of stability on the map of the Phlegraean Fields, where more than 300 people have been displaced for days. On March 13, there was the strongest earthquake in the last forty years with a magnitude of 4.4, then another with a magnitude of 3.5 just two days later. But Musumeci warns the Neapolitans: “We cannot block the shocks and neutralize the activity of the volcano, but there is no need to …

The supervolcano is awakening, the population in Naples may be evacuated - They would help with the measure by ship and plane.