Scientists discover key to taming earthquake risk at Italy's Campi Flegrei caldera

Scientists discover key to taming earthquake risk at Italy's Campi Flegrei caldera

Swarms of earthquakes have been jolting southern Italy with increasing intensity since 2022, threatening hundreds of thousands of people living atop a volcanic area known as Campi Flegrei, where the land experiences slow vertical movements.

Campi Flegrei Unrest Linked to Groundwater Pressure, Not Rising Magma

The volcanic caldera of Campi Flegrei, located just west of Naples, Italy, has long been a site of geological tension, speculation, and scientific inquiry. Its recent periods of seismic unrest, marked by ground uplift, swarms of shallow earthquakes, and increasing thermal emissions, have drawn urgent attention from researchers and local authorities alike. But despite decades […] The post Campi Flegrei Unrest Linked to Groundwater Pressure, Not R…

Earthquake swarms have been shaking the south of Italy with increasing intensity since 2022, threatening hundreds of thousands of people living on top of a volcanic zone known as Campi Flegrei, where the earth experiences slow vertical movements. As the authorities debate answers in case of [...]