Eruption Archives

What is VOR Crater doing? New eruption expectations

Posted on 29/06/2026 (29/06/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

What’s happening to the Voragine? This is the question we’re all wondering about—ordinary citizens, tourists, and experts—when we gaze at the summit of Etna. Its highest peak, the Voragine crater, which has broken a historic record by reaching 3,400 meters alone, displacing the former main summit (the Northeast), seems on the verge of a major […]

Etna lights up the summer of 2026 with a new eruption

Posted on 26/06/2026 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna’s new eruption appears to have begun in the early afternoon of June 26, 2026, when a slow lava flow began moving toward the Valle del Leone from a fracture that opened around 3,000 meters at the base of the Northeast Crater. Volcanology guides wrote on social media that “it appears to be […]

Mount Etna and the pride of being UNESCO Heritage

Posted on 22/06/2026 (22/06/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

June 21st should be a date to celebrate in Sicily. Or at least in the Catania area. In fact, on June 21, 2013—thirteen years ago— Mount Etna was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Those present at the proclamation describe an entire assembly standing up to applaud, and the applause lasted several minutes. The […]

Mystery on Mt Etna: who is the “lava man”?

Posted on 15/06/2026 by Grazia Musumeci

The Lava Man climbed anyway. Despite the warnings, the alerts, the doubts. He ascended and descended at the right times, without risking even a second. Just a couple of hours later, the crater of Etna cracked and collapsed right before his eyes, releasing a river of lively lava, heading downstream. What if he had been […]

A new discovery makes Etna even more special today

Posted on 13/04/2026 by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is an ever-evolving mystery. One of the most interesting volcanoes in the world, it never ceases to amaze. This has been said time and again by the same Catania volcanologists who know it like the back of their hands and admire it every day. Yet a “turning point” is just around the corner, […]