Campi Flegrei Today: 63‑Quake Swarm in 22 Hours Is Uplift Accelerating?
The Ground Shakes: A 63-Tremor Warning Walking near Solfatara crater last week, I felt the earth subtly shake—a pulse beneath Italy’s idyllic landscapes. Within 22 hours, 63 earthquakes rattled Naples, clustering near Pozzuoli and Solfatara. Most were low in magnitude, but their frequency and shallow depth (just 1 to 3 kilometers below the surface) rang alarm bells. As someone who’s monitored volcanic threats for years, I recognized this swarm wasn’t random. It echoed fracture zones from the 1980s unrest, where pressure built in brittle rock like glass—ready to explode. Rising Earth: When Uplift…