Italy’s Supervolcano Shows Signs Of Seismic Unrest

2023-10-04 06:45 PM by Jessica Irvine

Satellite image of Campi Flegrei also known as the Phlegrean Fields, a supervolcano located mostly … [+] under the Gulf of Pozzuoli west of Naples, Italy. Getty Images Hundreds of tremors, with the strongest being a 4.2-magnitude earthquake, have shaken a densely populated area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks. Experts …

The Possibility of Italy’s Supervolcano Erupting is Higher Than Initially Estimated

2023-06-12 06:19 PM by Jessica Irvine

The Volcano Solfatara is located just a few kilometers away from Naples and is part of the volcanic … [+] region known as the Phlegrean fields. Corbis via Getty Images A recent study by researchers from University College London (UCL) and Italy’s National Research Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reveals that the Campi Flegrei …