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Earthquake damage in southern Italy.

Damáiste déanta ag crith talún i ndeisceart na hIodáile.

An earthquake struck the Naples area in southern Italy overnight, damaging several buildings and causing power outages.

Tharla crith talún i gceantar Napoli i ndeisceart na hIodáile i gcaitheamh na hoíche agus rinneadh damáiste do roinnt foirgneamh agus gearradh an chumhacht ann dá bharr.

Many locals spent the night sleeping outside – on the street or in cars – for fear that their houses would collapse on them.

Chaith go leor de mhuintir na háite an oíche ag codladh amuigh – ar an tsráid nó i ngluaisteáin – ar fhaitíos go dtitfeadh a dtithe i mullach orthu.

According to experts in Italy, the quake had a seismic magnitude of 4.4 three kilometers underground, but geological surveyors in the United States say it was 4.2 ten kilometers underground.

Dar le saineolaithe san Iodáil gur méid sheismeach de 4.4 a bhí sa chrith trí chiliméadar faoi thalamh ach deir suirbhéirí geolaíochta sna Stáit Aontaithe gur 4.2 a bhí ann deich gciliméadar faoi thalamh.

In any case, the earthquake was reportedly felt throughout the Campania region and is also said to be the strongest earthquake in the area in forty years.

Pé scéal é, tuairiscítear gur airíodh an crith ar fud réigiún Campania agus deirtear freisin gurbh é an crith ba láidre sa limistéar é le daichead bliain.

Pozzuoli, west of the city of Naples, was the town closest to the epicenter of the quake and one man was reportedly injured there when a wall of his house collapsed.

Pozzuoli, siar ó chathair Napoli, an baile ba ghaire do chroílár an chreatha agus tuairiscitear gur gortaíodh fear amháin ansin nuair a thug balla a thí uaidh.

Naples is located on a caldera, or volcanic crater, which is quite volatile and earthquakes occur from time to time.

Tá Napoli suite ar chaildéara, nó cráitéar bolcánach, atá luaineach go maith agus tarlaíonn creathanna talún ann ó am go chéile.

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