Next door to Vesuvius, another Italian volcano is waking up | CNN
2023年11月10日 · 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...
Naples sits on volcanic monsters - and one of them threatens to ... - BBC
2024年5月21日 · Beneath Naples, the African tectonic plate is colliding and descending beneath Europe, creating a more combustible mixture of magma and gas than volcanoes in places like Iceland or Hawaii.
Mount Vesuvius - Wikipedia
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.
Living on a Volcano’s Edge, Italians Practice for Disaster
2024年10月27日 · Instead, an eight-mile-wide caldera — riddled with volcanoes — is recessed in the earth and sea west of Naples, forming what is called the Campi Flegrei, or “burning fields.”
Europe's most dangerous 'supervolcano' could be creeping toward ...
2023年6月9日 · The Campi Flegrei volcano, near Naples in southern Italy, has crust that is becoming weaker and more prone to rupturing, "making an eruption more likely", scientists behind a new study have...
How a supervolcano on the Italian coast became a problem too …
2024年5月25日 · ROME — In Pozzuoli, the scenic beach town outside Naples where Sophia Loren was born, the most powerful earthquake for 40 years on Monday drove terrified inhabitants to sleep in their cars and an emergency camp on the seafront.
A Huge Italian Volcano Could Be Ready to Erupt
2023年12月4日 · On the night of October 2 a worrisome earthquake shook the towns above Campi Flegrei, a huge, long-dormant volcano immediately west of Naples, whipping local media and authorities into a...
Mount Vesuvius, Italy: Map, Facts, Eruption Pictures, Pompeii
Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe, and has produced some of the continent's largest volcanic eruptions. Located on Italy's west coast, it overlooks the Bay and City of Naples and sits in the crater of the ancient Somma volcano.
A "supervolcano" in Italy last erupted in 1538. Experts warn it's ...
2023年6月9日 · 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.
Vesuvius | Facts, Location, & Eruptions | Britannica
2024年11月13日 · Mount Vesuvius (Vesuvio), active volcano near Naples, Italy, famous for its eruption in 79 CE that destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum. Scientific study of the volcano began in the late 18th century.