51 quakes Mag. 1+

Number of quakes vs long-term average, past 7 days
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Latest quakes near Vesuvius volcano in the past 7 days - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 19, 2024 16:19 GMT - refresh

Find all latest earthquakes near Vesuvius volcano in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake near Vesuvius volcano, find out which quakes are happening right now!

In the past 7 days, Vesuvius volcano has had 53 quakes of magnitudes up to 3.7:

3 quakes above magnitude 3
11 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
39 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Showing most recent quakes and quakes magnitude 0.5 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (53 quakes):

Latest quakes near Vesuvius volcano in the past 7 days - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 19, 12:57 pm (Rome)	1.2 2.9 km	24 km (15 mi) to the W	4.6 km southwest of Pianura, Napoli, Campania, Italy	Info
Thursday, April 18, 2024 GMT (4 quakes)
Apr 18, 11:32 pm (Rome)	1.6 2.5 km	26 km (16 mi) to the W	2.3 km east of Pozzuoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy	Info
Apr 18, 12:30 pm (Rome)	1.0 1.7 km	23 km (14 mi) to the W	3.4 km southwest of Pianura, Napoli, Campania, Italy	Info
Apr 18, 12:09 pm (Rome)	1.9 2.7 km	24 km (15 mi) to the W	5.1 km west of Fuorigrotta, Napoli, Campania, Italy	Info
Apr 18, 04:01 am (Rome)	1.2 2.5 km	25 km (15 mi) to the W	3.3 km east of Pozzuoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy	Info
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 17, 09:44 am (Rome)	1.3 1.6 km	25 km (15 mi) to the W	3.2 km southeast of Pozzuoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy	Info
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 GMT (9 quakes)
Apr 16, 01:28 pm (Rome)	1.7 2.5 km	29 km (18 mi) to the W	Tyrrhenian Sea, 19 km northeast of Ischia Island, Campania, Italy	Info
Apr 16, 12:18 pm (Rome)	1.3 1.9 km	28 km (17 mi) to the W	Tyrrhenian Sea, 20 km northeast of Ischia Island, Campania, Italy	Info
Apr 16, 12:17 pm (Rome)	2.3 2.8 km	28 km (18 mi) to the W	Tyrrhenian Sea, 20 km northeast of Ischia Island, Campania, Italy 4 reports	Info
Apr 16, 08:43 am (Rome)	1.2 0.5 km	24 km (15 mi) to the W	5.2 km west of Fuorigrotta, Napoli, Campania, Italy	Info
Apr 16, 05:38 am (Rome)	2.5 2.6 km	23 km (14 mi) to the W	10.3 km west of Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy 2 reports	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3 x 10¹⁰ joules (8.35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.18 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,100 quakes on average per year near Vesuvius volcano:

Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years)
Mag. 6 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)
Mag. 5 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 0.35 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.8 years)
Mag. 3 or higher: 3.4 quakes per year
Mag. 2 or higher: 34 quakes per year (or 2.8 quakes per month)
Mag. 1 or higher: 242 quakes per year (or 20.2 quakes per month)

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Vesuius volcano looming over the citiy of Naples and the Gulf of Naples

Vesuvius in eruption, August 1779. This eruption was produced a spectacular lava fountains rising several km above the summit, and devastating tephra falls northeast of the volcano. Note the large glowing bombs in the fallout! (Image from Alfano and Friedlaender, 1928, La storia del Vesuvio. Napoli: K Holm, 71p.)