Irpinia shaken by collection of tremors since Friday. No studies of injury.
The Irpinia territory within the coronary heart of Italy’s southern Campania area was shaken on Saturday evening by a 4.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest in a collection of tremors registered since Friday.
The earthquake which occurred at 21.49 at a depth of 14 kilometres, with its epicentre situated one kilometre south-west of Montefredane within the province of Avellino, Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) mentioned in a press release.
Civil safety authorities have been finishing up checks nonetheless there have been no quick studies of injury brought on by the earthquake which despatched native residents into the streets in concern.
Scossa di #terremoto ML 4.0 registrata da @INGVterremoti alle 21:49 nella zona di Montefredane, in provincia di #Avellino. Non sono pervenute al momento alla sala operativa dei #vigilidelfuoco richieste di soccorso o segnalazioni di danni [#25ottobre 22:30] pic.twitter.com/5p5PL6ThkJ
— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) October 25, 2025
The quake was felt clearly in Avellino and neighbouring cities in addition to within the provinces of Benevento, Salerno and Naples, information company ANSA studies.
The Irpinia space registered dozens of tremors since Friday, one among which on Saturday was 3.6-magnitude, with its epicentre in Grottolella.
Schools throughout Irpinia will probably be closed on Monday as authorities conduct structural checks, newspaper Corriere della Sera studies.
“People are fearful and scared, the tremors have not stopped since yesterday,” Avellino mayor Ciro Aquino instructed ANSA on Saturday evening – “The state of affairs is beneath management, however it stays worrying.”
On 23 November 1980, Irpinia was the scene of a devastating 6.9-magnitude earthquake which left greater than 2,500 individuals useless and a whole bunch of 1000’s homeless.
