Etna Archives

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. […]

Etna: the eruption begins at the Voragine Crater

Posted on 05/07/2026 (05/07/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

This time, it seems to have really started. On the morning of Sunday, July 5, 2026, around 9:00 a.m., a tall column of ash rose from the summit of Mount Etna, surprising all the foothill villages on a beautiful day with excellent visibility. Tourists, already ascending toward the volcano, and residents, literally watched the […]

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 […]

The Liberation Day on Mt Etna

Posted on 20/04/2026 (20/04/2026) by Grazia Musumeci

In a few days, we will celebrate April 25th, which for many Italians is now simply “picnic day” but which should actually remind us of something very important: liberation from nazism! On this date in 1945, the Northern Italy National Liberation Committee (CLNAI) proclaimed a general uprising throughout all territories still occupied by the Nazis […]