The earthquake in the Campi Flegrei analyzed by experts
News and insights on the 4.2 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 3.35 am in the Campi Flegrei. The opinion of the experts
The 4.2 magnitude earthquake which occurred at 3.35 am in the Campi Flegrei was felt in a large area, with reports also from Rome and Potenza.
This was indicated by the 'Did you feel the earthquake?' service of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
All the details.
THE MUNICIPALITIES NEAR THE EPICENTRE
The municipalities closest to the epicenter are Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Quarto, Naples, Monte di Procida and Marano di Napoli. The map developed by the 'Did you feel the earthquake?' service on the basis of the questionnaires sent from the areas where the earthquake was felt, indicates that the reports came from the provinces of Latina, Frosinone, Caserta, Benevento, Avellino, Salerno, Foggia and Rome.
“THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE OF THE LAST 40 YEARS”
The 4.2 magnitude earthquake that occurred at 3.35 in the Campi Flegrei "was the largest in the last 40 years" and "occurred during a swarm that began yesterday morning at 5, characterized by 60 events of lower intensity": it Mauro Antonio Di Vito, director of the Vesuvian Observatory of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, told Ansa .
“ACCELERATION OF BRADISISMIC DYNAMICS” FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE INGV VESUVIAN OBSERVATORY
The earthquake, he added, "is part of the bradyseismic dynamics, which has undergone a slight acceleration in recent days", meaning that "the process is continuing and the speed of ground uplift is slightly intensifying".
“There is certainly very strong attention – De Vito said – and teams are leaving to carry out checks on sensitive sites, especially Pisciarelli and Solfatara”, to detect measurements relating to temperatures and gas emissions. In addition, INGV detection stations are active 24 hours a day throughout the Campi Flegrei area, added the director of the Vesuvian Observatory. At the moment "no significant variations are observed" in the other phenomena linked to bradyseism.
The 4.2 magnitude earthquake is due to the fact that "there are parts of the earth's crust that are able to accumulate a greater quantity of energy" and which can therefore generate stronger earthquakes. “There are small differences – observed the expert – between this earthquake of magnitude 4.2 and the one of magnitude 3.8 which occurred on 7 September. Both events are part of a category of medium-magnitude earthquakes and occurred as part of an intense bradyseismic phenomenon, with an ongoing swarm."
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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/il-terremoto-nei-campi-flegrei-analizzato-dagli-esperti/ on Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:14:38 +0000.