Magnitude 4.7 quake strikes near Italy's Naples, causing outages and damage
Authorities said 26 people were injured as inspectors checked damaged homes, churches and rail lines after the strongest quake in 40 years.
- On Friday, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near Naples, causing power outages, transit disruptions, and building damage across the region.
- Campi Flegrei, a densely populated volcanic caldera encompassing western Naples, has experienced increasingly frequent seismic activity in recent years, prompting the government to step up monitoring.
- Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology recorded 10 aftershocks following the tremor, while Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci reported four injuries and damage to residential buildings and churches.
- Rail services on the Cumana and Circumflegrea lines connecting Naples with Phlegraean Fields communities were suspended as a precaution while safety inspections were conducted.
- Earthquakes occur frequently in Italy, with historical precedents including a magnitude 6.9 event in Irpinia in November 1980 that killed about 2,700 people and devastated hundreds of towns.
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The strongest earthquake in 40 years struck Naples, Italy, a famous resort city. According to the Italian National Institute of Geoscience and Volcanology (INGV) on the 1st (local time), a magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred at 7:46 p.m. the previous day in the Campi Flegrei region west of Naples. This earthquake is the most powerful to have occurred in the region over the past 40 years, causing numerous vacant buildings to collapse and triggering…
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The earthquake had a magnitude of 4.7 and was the strongest in the region in 40 years.
Throughout the morning, up to sixty aftershocks of lesser intensity have been recorded.
(Istanbul=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = An earthquake near Naples in southern Italy has injured more than 20 people.
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