Magnitude 4.7 quake strikes near Italy's Naples, causing outages and damage

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, ​causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services and damaging ‌some buildings, Reuters reported citing local authorities.

The quake, recorded at 7:46 p.m. (1746 GMT), had its epicenter in the Campi Flegrei area to the west of Naples at a ​depth of about 3 km (2 miles), Italy's National Institute of ​Geophysics and Volcanology said.

The Italian fire service said there were ⁠reports of minor damage to buildings in and around Naples, ​but added that their crews had not received any immediate requests to ​help or rescue residents.

Local rail and metro services were suspended as a precaution, local officials said.

Italian media said it was one of the strongest earthquakes ever ​recorded in the area, with people in some neighborhoods rushing ​into the street as the tremors hit.

Campi Flegrei, a densely populated volcanic caldera encompassing ‌a ⁠large part of western Naples, has experienced increasingly frequent seismic activity in recent years, prompting the government to step up monitoring.

The shallow earthquake triggered multiple rockfalls from tuff cliffs, including a major collapse, sending large boulders onto streets and vehicles.

Multiple aftershocks were recorded overnight.