Etna activity Archives

Etna: brand new spectacular eruption and a new fracture too

Posted on 31/07/2026 (31/07/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

This time it was a real surprise! Almost no one expected the Etna eruption that began at dawn on July 30, 2026, except perhaps volcanologists and a few avid readers of volcanic tremor graphs. It looked like just a cloud of steam on a very humid day, that white column rising from the Voragine Crater… […]

UPDATE: Crater Voragine eruption has ended

Posted on 09/07/2026 by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption that had tour operators across the Ionian coast of Catania buzzing in early July appears to have ended, as unexpectedly as it began. The eruptive events involving the Voragine crater and its neighboring northeast area ended on the morning of July 7th after a night of exceptional fire show. […]

Voragine Eruption: Disruption and Spectacle in the Catania Area

Posted on 06/07/2026 (06/07/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

The eruption of Mount Etna, which began on Sunday, July 5th, is continuing into its second day, providing a spectacular night along the Catania coast. The opening of a new series of fractures in the already fractured Voragine crater released fountains of gas and fire that lit up the night. Along with the spectacle, however, […]

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 […]