{"id":9599,"date":"2023-10-04T01:46:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/second-earthquake-in-a-week-hits-near-naples-as-fears-of-volcanic-eruption-grow\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T01:46:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:46:54","slug":"second-earthquake-in-a-week-hits-near-naples-as-fears-of-volcanic-eruption-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/second-earthquake-in-a-week-hits-near-naples-as-fears-of-volcanic-eruption-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Second earthquake in a week hits near Naples as fears of volcanic eruption grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck south of Naples, Italy, on Tuesday, just days after the volcanic region saw its strongest earthquake in 40 years, according to Italy\u2019s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Italy\u2019s fire brigade said there was slight damage to buildings in the latest earthquake, but no people were injured.\u00a0The 4.2 magnitude quake on September 27 rattled the region and was felt as far away as Rome.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Campi Flegrei, also known as the Phlegraean fields, is a volcanic area that encompasses multiple ancient volcanoes that date back 39,000 years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Seismic activity in the area, which stretches 200 kilometers (125 miles) under the Bay of Naples and the islands of Ischia and Capri,\u00a0has intensified this year, with the region experiencing many small quakes before the most recent two. Campi Flegrei experiences a seismic phenomenon known as bradyseism, defined by cycles of uplift and gradual lowering of the ground.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The last major eruption of Campi Flegrei was in 1538, which created a new mountain in the bay. So far in 2023, Campi Flegrei has logged 2,868 earthquakes \u2014 1,118 in August alone.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Carlo Doglioni, head of the INVG, gave testimony on the potential outcomes in front of the\u00a0Italian government\u2019s Environmental Commission\u2019s lower chamber on September 28.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThere are two possible scenarios relating to the evolution of the situation in the Campi Flegrei: the best is that the ongoing bradyseism crisis ends as happened in 1983-84, the worst is an eruption similar to that of 1538,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cIt is an evolution that we do not know and that we are monitoring.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      During the episode of bradyseism from 1983 to 1984, the ground rose 3.5 meters (11.5 feet).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The INGV has requested that the municipality of Naples carry out\u00a0evacuations\u00a0of some residents closest to the volcanic area<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to check the places most vulnerable<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to underlying structural damage from the rising soil. Most of the structures in question have been built in the past 20 years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Italy\u2019s civil protection\u00a0agency\u00a0estimates that at least 800,000 people live in a designated \u201cyellow zone\u201d and 500,000 in the \u201cred zone,\u201d the highest-risk area in the vicinity of the seismic region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The last time an evacuation plan was tested was in 2019. However, local residents have demanded an updated plan that outlines what should happen in case of an eruption.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck south of Naples, Italy, on Tuesday, just days after the volcanic region saw its strongest earthquake in 40 years, according to Italy\u2019s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). Italy\u2019s fire brigade said there was slight damage to buildings in the latest earthquake, but no people were injured.\u00a0The 4.2 magnitude <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}