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Mt Etna volcano: 3 shallow earthquakes M2.8-3.0 on the NE flankSunday Aug 12, 2012 08:59 AM | BY: T
 Location of the quakes this morning (the 2 quakes of M3.0 and 3.2 at 04:50 and 05:04 are nearly at the same spot and form one dot on the map) The quakes are very near or on the Pernicana fault system (visible as the E-W to ENE-WSW escarpment NE and E of Etna's summit area) which controls the gravitational downwards movement and spreading (on the order of 1-2 cm/ year) of the eastern and southern flank sector of the volcano's edifice. This fault system is capable of "opening" fissures giving way to flank eruptions, in particular to activate the NE rift zone. This happened during the 2002-03 eruption, when rapid movements along this fault caused an W-E extension totaling more than 1 meter in places, extensive ground fracturing, and helped and probably triggered (or was triggered by?) the injection of a dike (magma) that erupted during the violent flank eruption end of Oct 2002. It will be interesting to see if more quakes occur in the near future and if ground deformation is detected in this area. If so, this could be an early warning sign towards a possible new flank eruption on the NE rift. Earthquake list: Sun, 12 Aug 05:04 UTC M 3.2 / 2 km Sun, 12 Aug 04:50 UTC M 3.0 / 0 km Sun, 12 Aug 02:19 UTC M 2.8 / 4 km Automatic list of earthquakes near Etna: http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/etna-earthquakes.html
Previous newsMonday, Aug 06, 2012
Since Sunday morning, frequent ash emissions have been observed from Bocca Nuova. These are produced by ash venting and strombolian explosions from the cone in the eastern pit crater. During observations last night (5 Aug), strombolian activity was fluctuating between stronger and weaker phases on a roughly hourly rhythm.
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Friday, Jul 27, 2012
Mild strombolian activity from an intracrater vent inside Bocca Nuova crater continues at fluctuating intensity. Last night, there were frequent explosions was accompanied by a relatively strong tremor signal and well visible on webcams. ...
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