AT LEAST eight people have been injured after a major earthquake struck southern Italy.
Emergency crews scrambled to the scene after what authorities say was one of the strongest quakes to ever hit the Campi Flegrei region, near Naples.
A car was completely crushed by rubble as buildings collapsed during the earthquake Credit: EPA
A man stands on a terrace above vehicles damaged by fallen boulders Credit: Reuters
The magnitude 4.7 shock wave struck at around 7.46pm on Friday night.
People rushed into the streets as tremors rippled through the area, cutting out power across the region.
Boulders broke off cliffs and cascaded down into the streets of residential neighbourhoods, crushing parked cars on impact.
Shocking footage shows people looking on in horror at the destruction as debris and broken rocks scatter the ground.
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