Etna volcano, Sicily, Italy: news & activity updates

A new fissure vent opened at the volcano that started to produce a new small lava flow at about 19:45 this evening as reported by the INGV local observatory. Read allA beautiful greeting to the world, the volcano sent out a large steam ring from the Bocca Nova crater into the air yesterday - a ring vortex created when a sudden pulse of gas leaves a circular vent. Read allThe volcano remains relatively calm at the surface although many people are almost expecting it to produce another paroxysms in the very near future. Read allINGV reported that during 23-25 February activity at Etna's Southeast Crater (SEC) was characterized by Strombolian activity and occasional ash emissions that rapidly dispersed to the SSW and SSE. At 1338 on 24 February a forceful ash emission from Northeast Crater drifted SSE. A diffuse ash emission rose from the same crater at 1642. Read allEtna has remained mostly calm since its latest paroxysm on 21 Feb, while many are speculating that it might now be close to another lava fountaining episode in the near future, if it follows the same interval as between the previous ones. Read allThe local observatory INGV informed that ash emissions were observed from the Northeast crater at 12:38 local time yesterday. Read allThe volcano observatory in Catania (INGV) reported that the latest paroxysm episode on 21 Feb ended. Read allINGV reported that a thermal anomaly at Etna's Southeast Crater (SEC) was first visible in webcam images at 0907 on 21 February, followed within an hour by weak Strombolian activity. Strombolian activity intensified and by noon lava fountaining was visible. An eruption plume had risen to 10 km above the summit and drifted SE. Read all10 days since the lava-fountaining episode, known as paroxysm, from the volcano's New SE crater, another powerful paroxysm is started today and is now in full swing. Read all