A caldera beneath the western suburbs of Naples rather than a cone. Slow ground uplift known as bradyseism, accompanied by earthquake swarms, has raised the town of Pozzuoli by several metres since the 1970s and continues today.
Historical eruption
Caldera · Trachyte / Trachydacite
0 events in 90 days
Seismicity within 50 km radius, active VAAC ash plumes, and tectonic plate boundaries.
No catalogued earthquakes within 50 km in the last 90 days.
Campi Flegrei is an active Caldera formed in an active Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km). Dominant lithology: Trachyte / Trachydacite.
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Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Smithsonian GVP profile