{"id":23719,"date":"2025-10-14T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23719"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:24:08","slug":"campi-flegrei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/campi-flegrei\/","title":{"rendered":"Campi Flegrei Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Campi Flegrei Volcano Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An artificial intelligence (AI) model has revealed never-before-seen geological structures at Italy&#8217;s Campi Flegrei volcano, including a clear &#8220;ring fault&#8221; that could unleash magnitude 5 earthquakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Campi Flegrei Volcano<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campi Flegrei, also known as the <\/span><b>Phlegraean Fields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is an <\/span><b>active volcanic region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated in the densely populated <\/span><b>Bay of Naples in Italy,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is <\/span><b>also home to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the more famous <\/span><b>Vesuvius Volcano.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>differs from traditional volcanoes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like Mount Vesuvius, as it is <\/span><b>not a single volcano but a volcanic system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spread<\/span><b> across a large caldera.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> largest active volcanic caldera in Europe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, far larger and more active than Mount Vesuvius.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>caldera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or volcanic depression, spans approximately <\/span><b>12\u201315 km in diameter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was <\/span><b>created due to a massive eruption around 39,000 years ago.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This eruption is hypothesized to have <\/span><b>had such a climatic impact<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that it contributed to the <\/span><b>decline of Neanderthals.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>One-third of Campi Flegrei lies beneath the Tyrrhenian Sea,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the Italian mainland and the island of Sardinia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>last recorded eruption <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was in <\/span><b>1538<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, forming Monte Nuovo and ending an interval of roughly 3000 years without eruptions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campi Flegrei is categorised as a <\/span><b>supervolcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, implying that a <\/span><b>large-scale eruption could have global consequences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including <\/span><b>climate disruption.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The volcano has been showing <\/span><b>signs of unrest since 2005. <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is characterised by <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">intense hydrothermal activity,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> episodes of localised ground deformation, and <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">earthquake swarms.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/planet-earth\/volcanos\/ai-reveals-hidden-ring-fault-that-is-unleashing-earthquakes-at-italys-campi-flegrei-volcano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>LS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campi Flegrei Volcano is an active volcanic region situated in the densely populated Bay of Naples in Italy. 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