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A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Italy’s Campi Flegrei super volcano Monday evening, causing mild damage in the town of Pozzuoli, the epicenter, and as far away as the city of Naples, some 20 ...
July 5, 2024 at 5:39 AM. ROME (Reuters) - Eruptions at Italy's Mount Etna and the smaller Stromboli volcano spewed hot ash and lava, raising alert levels on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and ...
A volcanic eruption in Italy sent people fleeing Wednesday, with many forced to escape the fiery explosion by boat. The Stromboli volcano, located on the island of Stromboli, near Sicily, began ...
The volcanism of Italy is due chiefly to the presence, a short distance to the south, of the boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate. Italy is a volcanically active country, containing the only active volcanoes in mainland Europe (while volcanic islands are also present in Greece, in the volcanic arc of the southern Aegean ).
Mount Vesuvius ( / vɪˈsuːviəs / viss-OO-vee-əs) [ a ] is a somma – stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc.
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. / 40.82139°N 14.44278°E / 40.82139; 14.44278. Buried the Roman settlements of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae. Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in Southern Italy, the best-known is its eruption in 79 AD, [ 2][ 3] which was one of the deadliest in history.
ROME (Reuters) -A leading volcanologist has warned that mass evacuations might be needed in a town close to Naples, which sits on a so-called Super Volcano that has been hit by hundreds of small ...
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Italy. Name Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Coordinates Most Recent Eruption Alicudi: 675: 2215