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Volcano news from Europe:Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Almost no earthquakes have occurred since the last update, and intervals between the occasional weak quakes are becoming longer. In addition, degassing activity from the submarine vents has decreased and there are no more visible stain or jacuzzi reported from near La Restinga. We therefore decided to put El Hierro back to "green" [read all]
 Time series showing ground deformation between March 2011 and February 2012 for selected locations on Nea Kameni Volcano. (Credits: Harokopio University of Athens)
Monday, May 14, 2012
A slight increase of seismic activity has been noted recently. On 12 May, 5 small quakes occurred in the western part of the island at depths of 2-17 km. It is unlikely that this is a precursor of a new eruptive phase, but rather reflects residual magma movements and minor tectonic adjustments at the recently emplaces dikes beneath the island. [read all]
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012
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Saturday, May 05, 2012
Since about 2 hours ago, tremor from Etna has started to rise steeply, suggesting that the next (26th) paroxysm of the New SE crater is probably imminent. At the moment, visible observations are difficult due to cloud cover, but it could be expected that there is some strombolian activity right now from the crater. ...more [read all]
Friday, May 04, 2012
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Sunday, Apr 29, 2012
Since last night (28 April), new strombolian activity has been observed from Etna's New SE crater. With all likelihood, this announces another paroxysm to occur in the next few days. This would then be the 26th since 2011 when the series of eruptions began, or the 7th in 2012. [read all]
Monday, Apr 23, 2012
11 days following the last eruption, the 25th paroxysm of Etna's New SE crater is happening at the time of writing in the evening 23 April. It started around 16:00 hrs local time with week Strombolian explosions accompanied by a steeply increasing tremor. [read all]
Saturday, Apr 21, 2012
Weak ash emissions from deep strombolian activity within the New SE crater has been observed since last evening (20 April). If the eruption patterns remains more or less the same, a new paroxysm is probably under way within the next days. [read all]
Sunday, Apr 15, 2012
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Thursday, Apr 12, 2012
The 24th paroxysm occurred today at Etna's New SE crater. The main phase lasted between 16:30-17:15 local time and produced tall lava fountains and a lava flow. [read all]
All signs point towards a new paroxysm at Etna's NSEC during the next hours: continuing strombolian activity, steeply rising tremor. [read all]
Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012
After 7 years of closure, following the tragic accident of the roof collapse of the newly built shelter in 2005, the archeological site of Akrotiri on Santorini (Greece) is now open for visitors again. [read all]
A small earthquake swarm has been occurring at the western margin of the caldera during the past few days. The swarm consists of about 10 quakes of 1-2 magnitude at 7-8 km depth. [read all]
Strombolian activity has resumed at the New SE crater of Etna last night. Most likely, this is a precursor for a next paroxysm during the coming days. [read all]
Thursday, Apr 05, 2012
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Wednesday, Apr 04, 2012
During the past days, a new earthquake swarm has been occurring near Santorini. This time, it is in an unusual location about 15 km south of the island, not on the principal volcano-tectonic SW-NE line crossing the caldera. [read all]
Sunday, Apr 01, 2012
What already had been becoming evident late last night, the 23rd paroxysm of Etna's New SE crater occurred early during the second half of the night to 1st April. ...more [read all]
Saturday, Mar 31, 2012
The tremor signal has started to rise sharply, which could mean that the 23rd paroxysm of the New SE crater is about to occur. [read all]
Friday, Mar 30, 2012
Since this morning, weak Strombolian activity and ash emissions have been observed at the New SE crater. This could be the start of a build-up towards another paroxysm if the eruption pattern is the same as during most of the previous 22 eruptions since early 2011. At the moment, tremor signal is quiet low, but as the past has shown, it could change very quickly. The next paroxysm could probably occur anywhere between today and the next 2 weeks. [read all]
Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012
Authorities have decided to declare the eruption ended and shut down the web cameras at La Restinga and stop active monitoring of what could still be going or not down at the sea floor south of La Restinga. [read all]
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012
A small jacuzzi has been observed today and occasionally during the past days. [read all]
Thursday, Mar 22, 2012
Santorini has remained relatively calm for 60 years since its last eruption in 1950, but started to re-awake in early 2011 with beginning inflation and increased seismic activity under the volcano. ...more [read all]
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012
The earthquake swarm at Santorini island, Greece, which that had started 4 days ago continues with more small quakes inside the caldera at shallow depths of around 6 km. This could suggest another magmatic intrusion the volcanic system. [read all]
Monday, Mar 19, 2012
The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has published images of glowing lava seen floating at a depth of 70 m. This shows that the eruption continues. [read all]
After about 6 weeks of calm, another seismic swarm has started yesterday at Santorini, clustered in the NE sector of the island and near the submarine Kolumbo volcano. The quakes are very small and will not have been felt. The largest was a magnitude 2.0 quake on 18 March at 10:37 GMT at 11 km depth beneath Kolumbo volcano. [read all]
Another paroxysm has occurred at the New SE crater of Etna volcano yesterday 18 March 2012. This marks the 22nd eruption of this type since the start of the series in January 2010. ...more [read all]
Saturday, Mar 17, 2012
Since this morning, weak explosive activity has been observed from the new South East crater of Etna volcano. ...more [read all]
 Screenshot of the video taken at the southwestern flank of the main submarine cone at 170 m depth, showing what looks like round lava bombs (or pillow lava?)
Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
A weak stain has been visible today above the submarine spot in the Las Calmas Sea south of La Restinga, and a jacuzzi occurred faint this morning at 07:30 am. Volcanic tremor seems to continue at constant, although minimal levels. This suggests that the eruption is indeed continuing. [read all]
Friday, Mar 09, 2012
The results of the latest bathymetric mapping survey by the crew of the oceanographic research vessel Ramon Margalef show that the eruption is still continuing, and could still go on for a very long time. ...more [read all]
Tuesday, Mar 06, 2012
To the relief of Santorini's inhabitants, seismic activity under the volcano and near the island, which had experienced swarms and increased levels in recent months, seems to continue to remain calm. [read all]
On 5 March, the Instituto Geografico wrote that the eruption that had started on 10 October 2011 has ended. ...more [read all]
Sunday, Mar 04, 2012
 The eruption column with large steam clouds hiding the lava fountain rising from the New SE crater
Saturday, Mar 03, 2012
Occasional strombolian explosions are occurring from the summit vent of the New SE crater. At the moment, the tremor signal is very low and not indicating that a paroxysm is to be expected in the immediate future. [read all]
No immediate end of the eruption is in sight, although it continues at minimal intensity. Volcanic tremor has recovered to a weak and constant level, and occasionally one or two spots with stained water were observed on the sea surface. ...more [read all]
Thursday, Mar 01, 2012
Sporadic strombolian activity has resumed at the New SE crater early on 29 February. Explosions have been occuring at varying intervals between few minutes and more than 2 hours. The explosions were up to a few tens of meters high and occasionally threw incandescent bombs onto the southern flank of the cone. [read all]
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