POZZUOLI, Italy, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The talk in shops and coffee bars in Pozzuoli, a port town outside Naples, is not about soccer or politics, but of the fear that has gripped residents since a supervolcano sparked a swarm of earthquakes.
Sulphurous fumes escape from the surface, giving the area a surreal look and making it a magnet for tourists.
"Even those small ones (quakes) make us afraid," she said.
There are big ones and small ones.
Prezzini, 78, said he would defy any evacuation order, while 66-year-old Luigi Ilardi, chimed in: "We are used to it.
Persons:
Stefania Briganti, Ciro De, Sophia Loren, Vincenzo Russo, Angelo Prezzini, Luigi Ilardi, I've, Ciro De Luca, Philip Pullella, Deborah Kyvrikosaios
Organizations:
REUTERS, Thomson
Locations:
POZZUOLI, Italy, Pozzuoli, Naples, Milan, Castel, Rome