A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area around Naples overnight, causing one light injury and some structural damage, and triggering panic among several residents, Italian officials said on Thursday.
The main quake was recorded at 1:25am (0025 GMT) at a depth of 2.5 kilometres, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
It was followed by a series of smaller tremors, a so-called 鈥榮eismic swarm鈥�.
Photos and videos posted on social media show cars covered in stones and debris, cracked houses and panicked residents pouring into the streets in the middle of the night.聽
