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Eruption update: a brand new unexpected show

Posted on 17/08/2026 (17/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

No, it wasn’t over. As we said in the previous article, you can never truly say “the end” with Etna. Yesterday, all instrumental parameters indicated the eruption at the Voragine crater was “over,” but this morning, not only did this crater awaken for the fifth time in a month… but it also dragged the nearby […]

It will be a long eruption. New updating

Posted on 11/08/2026 (11/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna’s new eruption, which began on August 6, appears to have become something “more”. It could be a protracted event, with consequences still unpredictable despite ongoing monitoring by the INGV Volcanology Institute. While the Voragine crater is once again spewing large columns of ash for the fourth consecutive time, the ground below 2,900 meters […]

Etna’s August 6th eruption update and overtourism

Posted on 10/08/2026 (10/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna’s latest eruption, which began on August 6th and is still ongoing, has become the undisputed spectacle of the summer in Sicily. What seemed like “the usual paroxysm” has now expanded, with two lateral fractures opening at lower altitudes and several rivers of lava flowing rapidly down the valley. Almost five days after the event, […]

Mount Etna’s new eruption: things get complicated

Posted on 08/08/2026 (08/08/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

Things are getting complicated up there on the front of Etna’s new eruption—which began on the morning of August 6th and is still ongoing. Indeed, while the situation was already challenging, with paroxysms at the Voragine crater and the lava flow from there toward the Northeast crater, the opening of a lateral vent around 2,800 […]

Mount Etna: second flank eruption plus Voragine paroxysm

Posted on 07/08/2026 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is “singing” again, and it’s doing so like a tenor, with a new eruption involving the Voragine crater. On the morning of August 7th, this eruption also saw the reopening of a flank fracture between the Valle del Leone and the Valle del Bove. Given the complexity of the phenomenon, which is occurring […]