Earthquake in the Phlegrean Fields, commotion between Pozzuoli and Agnano



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Another earthquake struck this morning in Campi Flegrei in the province of Naples: the earthquake was clearly felt in Pozzuoli and in the Neapolitan district of Agnano. There are many people who felt the seismic event, which in some areas of the Flegrea city, the closest to the Solfatara volcano, was consistent and made the earth tremble. The impact, as reported by Ingv (the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology), was magnitude 2.6 and was clearly felt due to the shallow depth, 2 kilometers.

The Campi Flegrei is a very seismic volcanic area, affected by the phenomenon of bradyism: another earthquake, of magnitude 1.2, had been registered tonight. As announced by a recent report fromVesuvian Observatory of EngIn the week between December 14 and 20, the Campi Flegrei area was affected by up to 96 earthquakes, with a magnitude between 0.3 and 2.7. Only on December 20, the last day to which Ingv’s latest report refers, 5 seismic events were recorded in the Campi Flegrei.

On the seismicity of Campi Flegrei, and in particular on the last recorded seismic events, Dr. Francesca White, director of the Vesuvian Observatory, told Fanpage.it:

“The Campi Flegrei since 2006 has increased by approximately 70 centimeters. Since September of this year, the lift speed has been one centimeter per month, with the maximum lift in the Rione Terra area. a small increase in seismicity with a magnitude between 0 and 1 “.



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