Eruption Archives

Mount Etna eruption 2018

Posted on 05/12/2018 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mt Etna, a new show of fire 3 months later Mt. Etna seems to have woken up after the last eruptive event dated 23 August. In turn, that flashing eruption had been the great return of the volcano after more than one year of silence that was beginning to intrigue residents, tourists and even scientists. […]

Tour to discover Etna North

Posted on 21/11/2018 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a thoroughly different universe, a planet to be discovered that never shows one element equal to another. Landscapes and features change continuously and what you will see on the eastern or southern flank is completely different from the things you can amire on the north side. Today we are going to discover […]

Etna: fire show at the end of summer

Posted on 14/10/2018 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna had got us well used to this, recently! Between 2014 and 2016, fast eruptions followed one another every three months or so, with spectacular fountains of fire that attracted crowds of tourists from all over Europe. All this ended suddenly in April 2017 when the last eruption was no longer followed by other events […]

Magma versus Lava – The difference

Posted on 14/09/2016 (09/09/2024) by Etna Excursions

Did you know that .. Lava is not the same as magma. We often use the terms interchangeably. In fact, there is a differentiation. The red-hot magma masses are located under the earth’s crust. Inside of Mount Etna there are 3 magma chambers. The largest of the three is 30 km in the deep, the […]

Activity in progress at the Central crater of Etna 02/12/2015

Posted on 03/12/2015 (09/09/2024) by Etna Excursions

Over the last few weeks weeks, the strombolian activity inside the Voragine crater, one of the four summit craters of Etna, lasted without relevant changes. The activity became noticeable by its intense explosions and changeable frequency, with larger red-hot lava ejections, sometimes accompanied by minor amounts of volcanic ash, in some cases, the chunks have […]