Etna volcano eruptions: paroxysms from the New SE crater in 2011-12

In early January 2011, Etna started a series of spectacular eruptions from the pit crater at the eastern foot of the SE crater with eruptions every 5-about 50 days. Each of these so-called paroxysms consisted of increasing strombolian explosions culminating in a brief phase of tall lava fountains lasting between 30 minutes and a few hours, generating tall ash plumes and producing lava flows into the Valle del Bove. As of early 2012, the series is still continuing and there have been a total of 19 paroxysms until now (2 Feb). As a result of the eruptions, the former pit crater has dramatically increased insize and become a new member of the summit craters. It is now only little lower than the SE crater itself, and commonly called the New SE crater.

List of New SE crater Paroxysms in 2011/12

Paroxysm Nr	Date	Interval in days after previous one
#01	12 Jan 2011
#02	18 Feb	37
#03	10 Apr	53
#04	12 May	32
#05	09 Jul	58 [photos]
#06	19 Jul	10 [photos]
#07	25 Jul	6
#08	30 Jul	5
#09	05 Aug	6
#10	12 Aug	7
#11	20 Aug	8
#12	29 Aug	9
#13	08 Sep	10
#14	19 Sep	11
#15	28 Sep	9
#16	08 Oct	10 [photos]
#17	23 Oct	15
#18	15 Nov	23
#19	05 Jan 2012	51
#20	08 Feb 2012	34 [info]
#21	04 Mar 2012	25 [info]
#22	18 Mar 2012	14 [info]
#23	01 Apr 2012	14 [info]
#24	12 Apr 2012	11.5 [info]
#25	24 Apr 2012	11.5 [info & video]