Quake near Italy’s Naples injures 21, damages properties

A view shows a damaged vehicle among boulders and debris after a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area, in Pozzuoli, near Naples, Italy, Jul. 31, 2026. (Reuters)
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Updated 01 August 2026
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Quake near Italy’s Naples injures 21, damages properties

  • The quake had occurred late Friday in the Campi Flegrei area
  • The area, site of Europe’s largest volcanic crater, is home to frequent seismic activity

ROME: A 4.7-magnitude earthquake west of Italy’s city of Naples caused 21 injuries and damage to properties, authorities said on Saturday, a day after the seismic tremor.
The quake had occurred late Friday in the Campi Flegrei area, at a depth of three kilometers (two miles), according to Italy’s Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).
The area, site of Europe’s largest volcanic crater, is home to frequent seismic activity.
Friday’s quake was followed by a night of lower-intensity aftershocks.
Italy’s civil protection service said that, of the 21 people injured, two of them required emergency hospital treatment.
The earthquake also caused “the collapse of several unoccupied buildings” and landslides, Italy’s minister for civil protection, Nello Musumeci, said on social media.