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Pozzuoli quake injures 26, tests Campi Flegrei resilience
New footage shows damage after magnitude 4.7 tremor near Naples as region weighs volcanic risk
Rosaria Esposito420 wordsEdition №70Wednesday, 5 August 2026 — Edition № 70
New footage released this week shows the aftermath of Friday's magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Naples, which injured 26 people and damaged buildings in the Campi Flegrei volcanic area, according to Euronews. The tremor struck Pozzuoli, a town on the edge of the vast volcanic caldera west of Naples, where residents have grown accustomed to ground movements that scientists describe as bradyseism — the slow rise and fall of the earth's surface.
The video, cited by Euronews, captures cracked facades and scattered debris in the streets of Pozzuoli, a community of roughly 80,000 people that sits within one of Europe's most closely monitored volcanic systems. The quake, the strongest in the area in decades, has revived international attention on the Campi Flegrei, a supervolcano whose last major eruption occurred in 1538.
