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Campi Flegrei Earthquake 2026: What Travelers to Naples Need to Know
A magnitude-4.7 quake and weeks of aftershocks have closed Pozzuoli's Cumana and Circumflegrea lines and rattled the area west of Naples — here's what's actually affected and what isn't.
What happened at Campi Flegrei, and is it still going on?
On the evening of 31 July 2026, a magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei — the volcanic caldera immediately west of Naples that includes Pozzuoli, Bacoli and Bagnoli — the strongest tremor the area has recorded in decades. It injured 26 people, two of them seriously, and damaged buildings across Pozzuoli and Bagnoli, including a partial collapse of the bell tower at the Chiesa di San Francesco e Sant'Antonio da Padova in central Pozzuoli.
The quake is part of bradisismo, the slow rise and fall of the ground here tied to the caldera's volcanic activity, which tends to produce clusters of tremors rather than a single event. Aftershocks have continued into August — INGV Napoli recorded a further magnitude-3.0 tremor near the Pozzuoli cemetery in the early hours of 10 August — and the Comune di Pozzuoli has by now issued 123 evacuation or restriction orders covering roughly 2,170 people, most staying with family or in independent accommodation, with a smaller number housed in hotels arranged by the comune.
Does this affect a trip to Naples, Sorrento, Capri or the Amalfi Coast?
For most travellers, the honest answer is no. The affected area is the Campi Flegrei itself — Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Bagnoli and the coast immediately west of Naples — not the historic centre, Vesuvius, the Sorrentine Peninsula, Capri, Ischia's interior or the Amalfi Coast, none of which sit on the same fault system. Ferries from Naples' main port at Molo Beverello and Calata Porta di Massa to Capri, Ischia, Procida and Sorrento use a different terminal entirely and are unaffected.
Where the damage is concentrated, it is real: the Parco Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei has closed the underground sections of the Anfiteatro Flavio in Pozzuoli while engineers check the structure, and several streets in Pozzuoli and Bagnoli remain restricted. If Pozzuoli itself — its amphitheatre, Rione Terra or the port — is on the itinerary, check the park's own site and local news before setting out, since restrictions are being adjusted week to week.
What's actually closed: trains and ferries out of Pozzuoli
The Cumana line, EAV's suburban railway linking Naples' Montesanto station to Pozzuoli and the Campi Flegrei coast, has been suspended since the earthquake after inspectors found lesions in the Monte Olibano tunnel between the Dazio and Gerolomini stations. Trains currently stop at Bagnoli, with replacement buses covering the rest of the route to Torregaveta roughly every 25–30 minutes; EAV expects the affected stretch to reopen around mid-September 2026. The Circumflegrea line is also running a bus-replacement service between Licola and Montesanto in the meantime.
The port of Pozzuoli, the main departure point for ferries to Ischia and Procida from this side of the bay, closed for structural checks on its quay after the quake and reopened on 2 August 2026 once repairs to the loading joints were signed off. Sailings to Ischia and Procida are running again, though it's worth confirming times directly with the ferry operator, since schedules were still settling in the days right after reopening. Anyone travelling to Ischia or Procida from central Naples rather than Pozzuoli can use the unaffected Molo Beverello and Calata Porta di Massa terminals instead. First reported on the earthquake and its scale by Il Mattino and Il Fatto Quotidiano, with transport status confirmed via EAV's own advisories and Ansa.
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