Residents of Naples and its surrounding areas abandoned their homes and camped out in parks and cars after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck near the Italian city early Thursday morning, rattling nerves after weeks of intense seismic activity.

The epicentre for the quake was near the coastal town of Pozzuoli, located west of Naples, according to Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Naples rocked by one of the worst earthquakes in 40 years with residents forced to sleep on streets - Residents fled the 4.4 magnitude tremor after a ‘huge roar’ was heard in the Italian city