Etna activity February - March 2013: 8 paroxysms from New SE crater
Etna calm, two recent small earthquake swarms
Update Sun 31 Mar 13:28

Current view of Etna (INGV webcam)

Depth vs time of recent earthquakes under Etna

Location of recent earthquakes under Etna
Update Sat 30 Mar 10:20

Etna today (the dark patch above the New SE crater is a camera artifact, probably a dirty spot on the lens).
The area of bomb impacts from the last New SE crater paroxysm on 16 March was impressive - the whole area between Torre del Filosofo, the 2002-03 craters and the area of Cisternazza NE of the Cono del Lago was littered with bombs of various sizes (20-50 cm mostly). The Belvedere was found totally covered with scoria and bombs.
Update Wed 27 Mar 12:29
10 days since the last paroxysm, tremor is still low and doesn't suggest a new eruption is imminent. Bad weather mostly prevented observations during the past days. No glow could be seen last night from any of the summit craters.Update Tue 19 Mar 09:48

Etna with the fresh black lava flows below the New SE crater this morning seen from Valle del Bove

Tremor signal (ETFI station, INGV)
Update Sun 17 Mar 10:33

Thermal webcam image at 04:51 showing an ash plume from Etna's Voragine

Image in next sequency with some hot material visible above Voragine

The tremor spike this morning is NOT a second paroxysm...
Update Sat 16 Mar 19:23
Typical for Etna's paroxysms, activity has ended quickly after reaching an impressive climax with lava fountains around and perhaps even above 1 km in height.Update Sat 16 Mar 19:08

Lava fountain seen on the Montagnola webcam

Corresponding thermal image
Update Sat 16 Mar 19:02

Tall lava fountain from Etna's New SE crater

Two fountains from the saddle and summit vent

Tremor has reached about 75 times normal level
Lava fountains of 1 km height!
Update Sat 16 Mar 18:53

Lava fountains reaching about 1 km height

Lava fountains reaching about 1 km height
8th New SE crater paroxysm
Update Sat 16 Mar 18:39

Lava fountains from Etna's New SE crater

Tremor signal (ETFI station, INGV)
Update Sat 16 Mar 18:07

Beginning lava fountains at Etna's New SE crater

Tremor signal from Etna (INGV)
Update Sat 16 Mar 16:01

Thermal image of the crater area, showing a strombolian burst at the New SE crater

Tremor signal (ETFI station, INGV)
Update Sat 16 Mar 08:16

Current tremor signal from Etna (ETFI station, INGV Catania)
Update Thu 14 Mar 16:10

Current seismic signal from Etna (ESVO station, INGV)
The latest seismic signal seems more agitated than normal, probably corresponding to another such phase (if not a precursor to a paroxysm).
Waiting for the next paroxysm, new live data
Update Tue 12 Mar 14:15

Etna's summit area in clouds (Radiostudio7 webcam)

Current tremor signal (EBCN station, INGV Catania)
Something else interesting: INGV Catania has recently re-structured again their website and added new seismic data plots.
We have also updated our live webcam viewer with new / updated webcam and online data, in particular for Etna: webcams.volcanodiscovery.com/Etna.
Update Fri 08 Mar 19:17
Ash emissions were observed from the central crater (Voragine) and weak strombolian activity took place from the New SE crat3er over night.7th New SE crater paroxysm
Update Wed 06 Mar 06:59

Lava fountains during lst night's paroxysm

Increasing strombolian activity at the beginning of the eruption
Update Tue 05 Mar 19:05

Strombolian activity in Etna's Voragine crater
Update Tue 05 Mar 09:49

Strombolian activity in Etna's Voragine this night

Strombolian activity in Etna's Voragine this night

Ash emission from the New SE crater this morning
Update Sun 03 Mar 09:45

Strombolian activity from Etna's Voragine last night
Continuing strombolian activity from Voragine
Update Fri 01 Mar 19:12

Webcam image of Etna with glow from Voragine crater
Update Fri 01 Mar 17:48

Etna Belvedere webcam, just a few meters from the now looling lava front from yesterday's eruption
The Radiostudio 7 Belvedere Webcam has barely escaped destruction from the flows, but unless moved, it is probably only a matter of time until it suffers the same fate as the INGV seismic station.
6th paroxysm from New SE crater
Update Thu 28 Feb 18:49

Etna's 6th paroxysm of the New SE crater in 2013
Photos can be found here.
Eruptive episode from Voragine crater
Update Wed 27 Feb 18:57

Etna's New SE crater this evening
The New SE crater has stayed calm, but now at night, an incandescent fumarole and some glow from its crater are visible (although the latter could still be from the Voragine).
Update Tue 26 Feb 18:13
For now, Etna has stayed quiet. It seems that - if the series continues - the intervals between paroxysms are getting again longer.Update Sat 23 Feb 19:47

Tall lava fountains are visible from the webcam images:
New SE crater paroxysm #5
Update Sat 23 Feb 19:43

Lava fountains from Etna's New SE crater
Update Sat 23 Feb 18:20

View towards the New SE crater from Belvedere

Tremor signal from Etna
Update Sat 23 Feb 16:14
It seems that tremor has just started to rise again, but it is difficult to verify any activity due to cluod cover at the moment.Update Sat 23 Feb 10:50

Current view of Etna from Linguaglossa (Etna Trekking webcam)
Update Fri 22 Feb 07:39

Glow from what is probably a small effusive fissure SE of the base of the cone (right in the picture)
Update Thu 21 Feb 07:04

The characteristic tall tremor peak of Etna's tremor signal
Update Wed 20 Feb 14:23

Lava fountains and flow from the lower fissure of Etna's New SE crater

Beginning tall fountains from the main vent
3rd paroxysm from New SE crater
Update Wed 20 Feb 13:53

The typical peaks of the tremor signal of Etna indicating the paroxysms (INGV)

Etna's New SE crater
Second paroxysm shortly after previous one
Update Wed 20 Feb 08:16

The typical peaks of the tremor signal of Etna indicating the paroxysms of past and the previous nights (INGV)

The scoria-covered area and still hot lava flows south of SE crater from the past paroxysm
New paroxysm from New SE crater
Update Tue 19 Feb 08:47

Paroxysm of Etna on the webcam

The characteristic tall tremor peak
Update Mon 18 Feb 22:33

Tremor signal from Etna (INGV)
Eruptive episode #11 from New SE crater
Update Sun 17 Feb 15:40

Tremor signal from Etna (INGV)
Update Thu 14 Feb 12:10
Weak strombolian activity has been taking place from the New SE crater since last night. At the moment, the tremor signal is still low. It will be interesting to see whether (and when) this activity will increase in the near future.New eruptive episode from Bocca Nuova 8-9 Feb
Update Sat 09 Feb 12:10

Tremor signal from Etna (INGV)
New eruptive episode
Update Wed 06 Feb 14:40

Tremor signal from Etna (INGV)
Update Tue 05 Feb 11:41

Etna this morning.

Tremor signal from Etna (INGV)
Update Sun 03 Feb 14:50

Snow-white Etna this Sunday

Current tremor signal; each spike represents one of the recent eruptive episodes
New eruptive episode from both SE crater and Bocca Nuova
Update Sat 02 Feb 07:13

Tremor signal from Etna (INGV)
The start of strombolian activity was at 02h59 local time when weak incandescence visible at the New SE crater quickly increased to strombolian explosions. While this activity slowly increased, the eastern vent of Bocca Nuova also became active and joined in with strombolian explosions at around 04:30.
Shortly after the onset of activity from Bocca Nuova, the one from the New SE crater decreased and finished shortly after 05:30. Bocca Nuova remained active until the dawn and then progressively waned.
This is then the 8th event this year so far.
Update Fri 01 Feb 08:25

Etna this morning.
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