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.

Pictures have shown the damage caused by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake which struck Naples early on Thursday, among the strongest in the area in recent history.The quake sent 11 people to the hospital, the most serious of whom suffered concussion after part of a ceiling collapsed on them,

The California earthquake was recorded at a depth of 7.2 miles today, with its epicentre around 6.8 miles southwest of Westlake Village

Malibu experiences a 3.3 earthquake, following a 4.1 quake the previous day, with no immediate damage reported.