Earthquake in Naples and Campi Flegrei today, July 18th, a strong tremor was felt by the population at 9:14 AM. No calls to ...

The mayor of Pozzuoli, Gigi Manzoni, described the succession of earthquakes as a “major seismic swarm”, adding: “I immediately ordered all local police patrols to take to the streets.

After that, a magnitude-4 earthquake and thousands of microquakes prompted the evacuation of 40,000 people from Pozzuoli. “It’s been a challenge for the last three years.

It was preceded by two earthquakes of a 2.1 magnitude and followed by a 3.5 quake 15 minutes later. The tremors were felt in Naples and neighbouring Pozzuoli.