Magnitude 4.7 earthquake hits near Naples, Italy, triggering outages and building damage

NAPLES, Italy, July 31 — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near southern Italy’s Naples on Friday, causing power cuts, interrupting train and subway service, and damaging several buildings, officials said.

The tremor was recorded at 7:46 p.m. local time (1746 GMT). According to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, its epicenter was in the Campi Flegrei zone west of Naples at a depth of about 3 km (2 miles).