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Etna volcano
Complex stratovolcano Currently about 3329 m (changing due to eruptive activity and collapse of its crater rims)
Sicily, Italy, 37.75°N / 14.99°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)
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Etna volcano eruptions:
Near continuously active; some major historic eruptions include 122 BC (large Plinian outbursts that created the small caldera of the "Cratere del Piano"), 1669 AD (devastating flank eruption that destroyed 15 villages and part of Catania), 1787 (Subplinian eruption and one of the most spectacular summit eruptions on record - lava fountains reportedly up to 3000 m high).
Eruptions since 1950 (f: flank / s: summit activity): 1950 (s), 1950-51(f), 1955 (s), 1956 (s), 1956 (f), 1957 (s),1960 (s), 1961 (s), 1964 (f), 1964 (s), 1966 (s), 1966-1971(s), 1968 (f), 1971(f), 1972-1973 (s), 1974 (f), 1974-1975 (s), 1975-1977 (f), 1977-1978 (s), 1978 (f), 1979(s), 1979 (f), 1980 (s), 1981 (s), 1981 (f),1982-1983 (s), 1983(f), 1984(s), 1985(s), 1985(f), 1986(s), 1986-1987 (f), 1987(s), 1988(s), 1989(s), 1989(f), 1990 (s), 1991-93(f), 1995(s), 1996(s), 1997 (s), 1998 (s), 1999 (s), 2000 (s), 2001(s), 2001 (f), 2002(s), 2002-03(f), 2004-2005 (f), 2006 (s), 2007 (s), 2008-2009 (f), 2010(s), 2011-2013(s), 2014-18, 2018(f), 2019-ongoing (s)
Typical eruption style:
Effusive (lava flows) and mildly explosive (strombolian) eruptions. Both summit and frequent flank eruptions, the latter seem to be occurring in clusters lasting few to a few tens of years.

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Etna Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: LAVA FLOW OBSERVED OVER SE CRATER OBS VA DTG: 30/0200Z

Thu, 30 May 2019, 02:45
02:45 AM | BY: VN
Satellite image of Etna volcano on 30 May 2019
Satellite image of Etna volcano on 30 May 2019
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Toulouse (VAAC) issued the following report:

FVXX01 at 02:34 UTC, 30/05/19 from LFPW
VA ADVISORY
DTG: 20190530/0220Z
VAAC: TOULOUSE
VOLCANO: ETNA 211060
PSN: N3744 E01500
AREA: ITALY
SUMMIT ELEV: 3330M
ADVISORY NR: 2019/43
INFO SOURCE: INGV
AVIATION COLOUR CODE: ORANGE
ERUPTION DETAILS: LAVA FLOW OBSERVED OVER SE CRATER
OBS VA DTG: 30/0200Z
OBS VA CLD: VA NOT IDENTIFIABL FM SATELLITE DATA WIND FL100/180
240/40KTS
FCST VA CLD +6HR: 30/0800Z NO VA EXP
FCST VA CLD +12HR: 30/1400Z NO VA EXP
FCST VA CLD +18HR: 30/2000Z NO VA EXP
RMK: VA NOT DETECTABLE IN SPITE OF GOOD VISIBILITY. LAVA FLOW IS
OBSERVED OV SE CRATER BUT NO ASH EMISSION IS DETECTED
NXT ADVISORY: NO FURTHER ADVISORIES
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