Etna activity Archives

Etna Eruption 2025: a brand new lava flow

Posted on 24/02/2025 by Grazia Musumeci

No, it wasn’t over yet. It never is until Etna decides so. In the last hours of February 23, the eruptive activity triggered by the fracture at the base of Bocca Nuova Crater – which seemed to have ended the previous day – has regained strength. Although the main lava flow appears almost stopped, a […]

Etna: the eruption is going to end, but …

Posted on 20/02/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Twelve days after the start of the effusive eruption on Mount Etna, it seems that everything is about to end. The phenomenon started from a fracture at the base of the Bocca Nuova crater on February 8, has produced – in almost two weeks – a long lava flow that has descended on the western […]

Etna: eruption update and some advice

Posted on 15/02/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Seven days have passed since the start of the new eruption of Mount Etna, triggered by a fracture at the base of the Bocca Nuova crater (although fed by the South East conduit), which is affecting the western flank of the volcano. How is the eruptive activity continuing? Initially, a river of very liquid lava […]

Eruption from Bocca Nuova: updating

Posted on 10/02/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The bad weather that has been persisting for three days in Eastern Sicily is blocking the view of this new eruption, which began on February 8th on the western side of Mt Etna. Therefore, it is almost impossible to follow its evolution live. But it is possible to rely on the instruments and data of […]

Etna, new eruption between craters South East and Bocca Nuova

Posted on 08/02/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna back to activity on the night between February 8th and 9th. Not really a surprise, this time, given that in recent days the volcano had made itself felt with several seismic shocks located, mostly, on the south-western flank. However, there had been no major signals at the summit level, as had instead occurred […]