Earthquake in Campi Flegrei: A magnitude 2.5 tremor shook the Campi Flegrei area late yesterday evening.
The epicenter was located in the municipality of Pozzuoli, near Monte Barbaro along the Naples ring road, at a depth of approximately 3 km. The event, recorded at 23:15 PM by the Vesuvius Observatory of the INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology), did not cause damage to property or people, but may have been preceded by a loud bang heard by residents of the surrounding areas, as reported by initial local witnesses.
The quake woke families in Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Monterusciello, Licola, and Quarto. In local Facebook and WhatsApp groups, accounts abounded: "I heard a very loud bang, like a distant explosion, then the bed rocked," said a resident of Lucrino. "The children were frightened, but luckily it only lasted a few seconds."
No calls were made to the Fire Brigade or 112 for injuries, but the Municipality of Pozzuoli activated the Municipal Operations Center (COC) to collect reports: the Municipal Police number (081/8551891) was published on social media.
This is the second significant event in less than a week: the last seismic swarm, with around ten tremors, occurred on October 12th, fueling concern in an area already monitored for volcanic activity.
The last seismic swarm was on October 12th
The INGV bulletin of October 14th is clear: 166 earthquakes were recorded in three days, with magnitudes up to 2.5, a slight increase compared to the monthly average. Experts such as volcanologist Giuseppe De Natale attribute these events to "bradyseism," the slow uplift of the Phlegraean Fields—up 1 cm per month in recent years—which compresses magmatic fluids and generates microfractures.
“It's a normal endogenous activity for the Campi Flegrei, but it requires constant vigilance,” De Natale explains in a recent interview.
