A women’s prison near Naples has been evacuated as a precaution following a 4.4 magnitude quake with an epicenter at an active volcano west of the southern Italian port city. Hundreds of residents slept in tents or cars but no injuries and only minor damage has been reported following the Monday evening temblor.
People gather in a street after an earthquake in Campi Flegrei, near Naples , Italy , Monday, May 20, 2024. The quake is the strongest ever recorded around the Phlegraean Fields, a sprawling area of ancient volcanic centers near the Tyrrhenian Sea that encompasses western neighborhoods of Naples and its suburbs, said Giuseppe De Natale, a vulcanologist of Italy ’s INGV national geophysics and vulcanology center.
Some 140 inmates at a women’s prison in the Pozzuoli suburb were evacuated while officials check the structure for damage. A dozen apartment buildings also were evacuated for structural checks, displacing about 40 families, RAI state TV reported.
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