Next door to Vesuvius, another Italian volcano is waking up | CNN
Nov 10, 2023 · Forget Italy’s most famous active volcano, Mt. Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompei in 79 AD. The most dangerous volcanic threat in Italy right now is one you’ve probably never heard of: Campi...
Italy is a hotbed of volcanic activity - The Week
Jul 9, 2024 · Italy has 12 volcanoes total, with nine still considered active, and the country is prone to earthquakes and other seismic activity. One of the most famous disasters resulting from this...
Volcanism of Italy - Wikipedia
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). The lava erupted by Italy's volcanoes is thought to result from the subduction and melting of one plate below another.
As the Phlegraean Fields volcano awakens, Italians weigh the risk
Aug 24, 2024 · POZZUOLI, Italy — In the red zone of the awakening Phlegraean Fields, the most dangerous volcano in Europe, 2,000-year-old ruins are rising from the earth, thrust upward by hydrothermal...
Why scientists are excited about Italy's volcanoes - BBC
As volcanic activity continues at Mount Etna, Chris Baraniuk explores why Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli are becoming more lively. The top of the volcano exploded, sending a gigantic column...
Naples sits on volcanic monsters - and one of them threatens to ... - BBC
May 21, 2024 · Beneath the city – and indeed most of the bay – there's an enormous "caldera", a type of volcanic crater that collapsed after a violent eruption thousands of years ago.
Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward ...
Jun 9, 2023 · A long-slumbering "supervolcano" in Italy is getting closer to a potential eruption for the first time since 1538, a new study warns — and the consequences could be catastrophic.
REAL-TIME DATA VOLCANOES - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e …
For many of the active Italian volcanoes, those on paper, the signals recorded by some INGV seismic stations can be viewed in real time. By clicking on the icon of each volcano you will find the data available in real time for that volcano, the most recent bulletins and some general volcanological information.
Italy’s Supervolcano Shows Signs Of Seismic Unrest - Forbes
Oct 4, 2023 · The city of Naples is surrounded by three active volcanoes: the volcanic island of Ischia to the west, the Campi Flegrei to the north-west and the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex to the...
Report on Etna (Italy) — 24 July-30 July 2024 - Global Volcanism …
Jul 24, 2024 · Mount Etna, towering above Catania on the island of Sicily, has one of the world's longest documented records of volcanism, dating back to 1500 BCE. Historical lava flows of basaltic composition cover much of the surface of this massive volcano, whose edifice is the highest and most voluminous in Italy.