• Strombolian activity at Etna’s Voragine crater, Italy

    Moderate effusive and strombolian activity continues from Etna's Voragine crater on January 29, 2020. From January 20 – 26, this activity was accompanied by ash emissions from the New Southeast Crater and Northeast Crater. In addition, moderate seismic…

  • Intensification of Strombolian activity at Etna volcano, Italy

    Video surveillance cameras show a gradual intensification of Strombolian activity at the New Southeast Crater of Etna volcano, Italy, beginning at 18:00 UTC on December 6, 2019. The activity was already underway at about 16:00 UTC, producing small and discontinuous…

  • Explosive activity continues at Etna volcano, Italy

    Explosive activity continues at Etna's summit craters with strong degassing and rare ash emissions. Photos below were taken around 16:00 UTC on October 21 from the Taormina. They show emissions of ash from the Southeast Crater to the right, puffs of ash from…

  • Eruption at Mount Etna continues – July 20 update

    Intense Strombolian activity at the New Southeast Crater (NSEC), which had resumed yesterday afternoon, underwent an abrupt diminution between 20:10 and 20:15 UTC on July 19, and by 20:30 had virtually ceased, INGV reports. During the night, the effusion rate at the…