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"According to LiveScience, Campi Flegrei is often referred to as a "supervolcano," which can produce eruptions reaching a category 8 — the highest level on the Volcano Explosivity Index. However, Campi Flegrei's biggest-ever eruption technically ranked as a category 7, which is still considered a very large and disastrous eruption, LiveScience reported."
Ah, nothing to worry about.
7 VEI? Not great, not terrible.
There have been tens of thousands of earthquakes around the volcano, and the town of Pozzuoli, which rests on top of Campi Flegrei, has been lifted by about 13 feet as a result of them.
That must mess with house foundations, roads, and infrastructure.
While Campi Flegrei — which means "burning fields" — may be closer to rupture, there is no guarantee that this will actually result in an eruption, the study concluded.
I still wouldn't want to live there.
Ah yes, "Burning Fields"... How idyllic
I just said yesterday that among all these apocalypses, we're due for a good volcano.