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Three Etna locations from where you won’t see Etna

Posted on 23/03/2026 (23/03/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

There are places in Sicily where all tourists want to go. Famous, beautiful locations, with dreamy sea views or spectacular lava landscapes. Who wouldn’t pay a fortune for a vacation in Aci Trezza or at Rifugio Sapienza on Mount Etna? Because here lies the magic, at the foot of the great volcano, which, however, from […]

When magma is … “knocking”

Posted on 16/03/2026 by Grazia Musumeci

Volcano enthusiasts know this by now. Most eruptions are announced well in advance, with signals that today, thanks to sophisticated geovolcanology research techniques, are soon intercepted. But even without much technology, the phenomenon of “magma knocking” is a clear sign that something inside a volcano is changing. Of course, the terms are much more technical […]

Mongibello: “the” mountain

Posted on 09/03/2026 (09/03/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna has had many names throughout its long existence, but the one that has stuck with it, along with its current name, is Mongibello. This word encompasses not only a name but a phrase itself. And above all, an identity, that of a towering mountain that dominates the Sicilian and Calabrian coasts. To those […]

Earthquake in Catania: updates

Posted on 04/03/2026 by Grazia Musumeci

The earthquake that this morning around 7:00 a.m. literally woke up the entire district of Catania (as well as some areas in the provinces of Messina and Syracuse) falls within the “average” range of typical Etna earthquakes. The strength always settles below 5 on the Richter scale (in this case 4.5), and the dynamics are […]

Strong earthquake in the Catania area

Posted on 04/03/2026 (04/03/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

This Wednesday, March 4th, Catania and its district received a seismic “good morning”! An earthquake with a magnitude between 4.1 and 4.6 Richter struck the area above Ragalna and was clearly felt across the entire southern slope of Mount Etna. Due to the extremely shallow epicenter (less than 4 km from the surface), the seismic […]