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New strombolian activity at Etna's New SE crater

Saturday Jan 28, 2012 01:01 AM | Age: 26 days
BY: TP

Strombolian erution late on 27 January as seen on the webcam
Strombolian erution late on 27 January as seen on the webcam
Sporadic strombolian eruptions have started at the New SE crater on 27 Jan, following ash emissions observed the previous day.
Explosions were observed at 19:54, 20:05, 20:54, 21:11 and 22:40 local time according to Etna Walk who monitor the webcam of INGV. The explosions ejected bombs up to a few tens of meters above the crater rim and mostly fell back inside.
At the time of writing, no changes in harmonic tremor are visible, and it is still unclear whether the start of strombolian activity heralds a new paroxysm - as it has done so 19 times before in the past 12 months - or not. The next hours and perhaps days will give an answer to it.
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