Etna replies to the La Palma eruption of Canary
Etna does not allow itself to be "second" to any other volcano in the world! That is what Cumbre Vieja, on the Spanish island of La Palma - Canary archipelago - learned the hard…
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Etna, powerful eruption on August 9
Etna explodes almost without warning at dawn on August 9, 2021, after almost 24 hours of "push and pull". Tremors rising, falling, rising again, impending eruptions and new changes. On the night of Sunday…
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Etna, the great eruption of 2021
Mount Etna is a volcano that may work in "cycles", that is, it often passes through phases already experienced in the past. In 2018, after the earthquake that shook the east side of the…
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Double eruption and new vents, Mount Etna never stops
June 23rd, 2021, is a day not to be forgotten. Under the hood of yellow sirocco fog that almost completely hides it from view, the great Mount Etna unleashes a double eruption at the…
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Mt Etna back again with violent explosions
Mount Etna replicates the show concluded just 48 hours earlier with noteworthy explosions. It does so on June 19 with an incredible and unexpected outburst. The lava fountains start quietly around 8 pm and…
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Mount Etna’s new show on 11-17 June
Etna resumes an activity that has never really been interrupted. After a few days of "well-deserved rest" between one paroxysm and another, the show starts again. And every time more, without rules. As in…
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Mt Etna on a crazy 24-hour eruption
Mount Etna often changes style and modality of manifestation of its volcanic phenomena and therefore should not surprise yet another revolution. But it is surprising, indeed, because it is still not possible to interpret.…
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Mount Etna’s brand new eruptive situation
Volcanologists had said it right away, when the volcano seemed to fall asleep in April. Mount Etna activity is not over, it is only on hiatus for some time. How much time? It is…
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Mount Etna’s new eruption “greets” singer Franco Battiato
The dawn of May 19th on Mount Etna started with a weird eruption. Not even volcanologists expected it, it came so suddenly and almost without any warning signal. As the note released by Dr.…
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Mount Etna back to the April Fool show
Etna changes again and again, it becomes unpredictable. After two months of continuous paroxysms, at the rate of one every fifty hours, by mid-March it seems to have subsided. Long pauses, even of five…
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