New, intense and spectacular eruption of Etna: today, 12 days after the previous, the volcano has woken up and is back in business with violent explosions and lava fountains. The rumble of explosions were heard up to several tens of kilometers away, heading east and northeast, while a huge cloud of volcanic lava and ash obscured the sun of the afternoon and was extended towards the sea, holding a piece of eastern flank of the volcano and some countries like Sant'Alfio, Mascali, Fiumefreddo. star of the sixth eruption dall'iniziop year again the new crater southeast at 3 000 meters altitude. For several days the Etna showed signs of vitality, but this morning started the eruption itself, which has had an increasing trend, first with small explosions and a mini lava flows, and reached its peak in the afternoon, the fountains of lava and a long cast into the desert valley of the ox. Here the lava nearly a thousand degrees, meeting the huge piles of snow still present on the flanks of the volcano has caused some real lahar, avalanche of fire, mud and melted snow with great clouds of steam, typical of volcanoes covered by glaciers, but Etna rather rare. According to volcanologists, the activity of Etna was also "encouraged" by the very strong earthquakes in Indonesia yesterday and this morning in Mexico, while during the eruption a seismic swarm occurred in the Strait of Messina, four with a magnitude greater than 2, the strongest of which reached magnitude 3.1. No problem though for the airport of Catania, which has remained fully operational. The eruption is then stopped in the late afternoon.
New, intense and spectacular eruption of Etna: today, 12 days after the previous, the volcano has woken up and is back in business with violent explosions and lava fountains. The rumble of explosions were heard up to several tens of kilometers away, heading east and northeast, while a huge cloud of volcanic lava and ash obscured the sun of the afternoon and was extended towards the sea, holding a piece of eastern flank of the volcano and some countries like Sant'Alfio, Mascali, Fiumefreddo.
ReplyDeletestar of the sixth eruption dall'iniziop year again the new crater southeast at 3 000 meters altitude. For several days the Etna showed signs of vitality, but this morning started the eruption itself, which has had an increasing trend, first with small explosions and a mini lava flows, and reached its peak in the afternoon, the fountains of lava and a long cast into the desert valley of the ox. Here the lava nearly a thousand degrees, meeting the huge piles of snow still present on the flanks of the volcano has caused some real lahar, avalanche of fire, mud and melted snow with great clouds of steam, typical of volcanoes covered by glaciers, but Etna rather rare.
According to volcanologists, the activity of Etna was also "encouraged" by the very strong earthquakes in Indonesia yesterday and this morning in Mexico, while during the eruption a seismic swarm occurred in the Strait of Messina, four with a magnitude greater than 2, the strongest of which reached magnitude 3.1.
No problem though for the airport of Catania, which has remained fully operational. The eruption is then stopped in the late afternoon.