Etna activity Archives

Mount Etna, a new eruption on its way

Posted on 10/11/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Finally, the lava appeared! It did it without any stress, without particular excitement. After three months of modest puffs, rings of vapour and tensions that almost all came from the Bocca Nuova crater, on the evening of November 10th it was the South East crater (SEC) that gave life to lively lava fountains. Small ones, […]

Etna on eruption, on August 13th night

Posted on 14/08/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Surprising as only Mount Etna can be … it gives, on the eve of the August 15th Midsummer Festival, an eruption that almost no one expected. The last paroxysmal event had occurred in May 2023, and since then the volcano had remained in apparent calm. The tremor vacillated continuously, but the gases did not find […]

Mt Etna gave birth to “the lord of rings”

Posted on 23/07/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

To see a gas ring is a special event, because it is also very rare, on a volcano. However, Mount Etna is not just any volcano and even in this it manages to upset every rule. And not one, but ten, fifty, a hundred gas rings are thrilling tourists and locals right now, on the […]

Etna, new eruptive show but … behind “closed doors”!

Posted on 22/05/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The people of Etna do not consider the volcano as an inanimate thing, but as a living being. They call it a “she”, a “mum”, and not surprisingly. In fact, this mountain seems to “have a behavior”, just like a human, and proves to be welcoming, generous, affectionate … or mischievous! Anyone who doesn’t live […]

Mount Etna and “top alert level”: what happened?

Posted on 20/05/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Between Thursday 18 and Friday 19 May 2023, the district of Catania experienced a few hours of intense turmoil. A red top alert level appeared in many media and on various sites and social networks announcing a “violent explosive eruption” of Mount Etna, with related absolute bans on climbing to high altitudes. The situation raised […]