Naples, 11 June 2023 – The earth is still shaking ai Campi Flegrei. A strong quake this morning earthquake has awakened the hinterland of Naples. “She was one of the loudest I’ve ever heard,” comments someone on Twitter, scared. The earthquake was registered byNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology at 8:44 Of Today. There magnitude estimated is 3.6, the depth 3 kilometers. L’epicenter it is located two kilometers from Pozzuoli. Bacoli, Quarto, Procida, Marano the closest Municipalities. Naples is 12 km away.
Supervolcano ‘close to rupture’
Meanwhile, fears about the possibility are growing eruption of a “supervolcano” of Campi Flegrei dormant for two centuries. A study of the University College London, quoted yesterday by the American broadcaster Cbs News, talks about this risk. According to this research, which uses models of a fracturing model to interpret earthquakes and ground uplift, the volcano would have weakened over time and would be closer to break.
Lead author Professor Christopher Kilburn (UCL Earth Sciences) said in a press release circulated on EurekAlert: ‘Our new study confirms that Campi Flegrei is nearing rupture. However, this does not mean that an eruption is guaranteed. The rupture can open a crack through the crust, but the magma still needs to be pushed up in the right place for an eruption to occur.”
