Etna activity Archives

Eruption hunters: how to admire this event safely

Posted on 22/05/2022 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Once upon a time, volcanoes erupted suddenly. In the sense that no one could – or knew – how to recognize the signs. Over the centuries, people living on volcanoes have learned to understand their “language”. The farmers, the forest guards simply by walking and living on the territory understood when something changed. When the […]

The new eruption in Valle del Leone goes on

Posted on 22/05/2022 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption in Valle del Leone, which began on 12 May 2022, continues, between peaks and descents. The lava flowed from a fracture that opened on the north wall of the South East crater, the “youngest” of the summit cones of Etna. This was also the crater that had reached its current maximum elevation, surpassing […]

Mount Etna, new fracture and lava stream on May 2022

Posted on 15/05/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna had announced a new event in preparation by the continuous oscillation of the volcanic tremor line. Since the beginning of May, the line of vibrations had been rising and falling continuously, suggesting another violent paroxysm on the way. Instead, once again the unpredictable volcano amazed its “fans” – both locals and tourists – […]

Etna again on eruption on February 21st

Posted on 22/02/2022 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Surprisingly, Mount Etna sets off a great new paroxysm, in the late morning of February 21st. Semi covered by clouds, the volcano was affected by a very rapid rise of magma that gave off high fountains of lava and a notable pyroclastic cloud that rose several kilometers above the craters. Pushed by the north-west wind, […]

Mount Etna, the first great eruption of 2022

Posted on 11/02/2022 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Volcanologists followed the event with the same amazement as citizens crowded into street corners, armed with cell phones and cameras. Mount Etna gives everyone the show of its first paroxysm of 2022, on the afternoon of 10th February. An absolute spectacle, such as has not been seen for almost 20 months. Above all, a show […]