A powerful 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei volcanic area west of Naples late on Friday evening, sending ...

West of Naples, beneath one of the most densely settled coastlines in Europe, lies a volcano that does not look like one. Campi Flegrei — the Phlegraean Fields, or “burning fields” — is not a single ...

West of Naples, beneath a densely populated coastline that Italians have inhabited since antiquity, the ground has been ...

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 ...

A long-dormant "supervolcano" in southern Italy is inching closer to a possible eruption — nearly six centuries after it last erupted, according to European researchers. The Campi Flegrei volcano, ...

Campi Flegrei has been in a “restless” period for about 70 years. The scientists say this modeling is the first of its kind in an attempt to forecast the rupture of an active volcano. Campi Flegrei, ...

The Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy has become weaker and more prone to rupturing, making an eruption more likely, according to a new study by researchers at UCL (University College London) ...

In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Campi Flegrei volcano ...

The Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy has become weaker and more prone to rupturing, according to a new study by researchers at UCL (University College London) and Italy’s National Research ...

The new study used a model of volcano fracturing to interpret patterns of earthquakes and ground uplift, and concluded that parts of the volcano had been stretched nearly to breaking point. The Campi ...