Strong spattering and a new lava flow on Stromboli yesterday evening (image: thermal webcam of INGV Catania)
The volcano went through a small peak of activity during yesterday morning until today: Starting from about 16:00 local time, spattering activity and explosions from the northern vent area increased significantly.
Abundant glowing material began to accumulate on the sides of the cone and roll down the Sciara del Fuoco. Starting at 16:40 UTC, a lava flow emerged from the northern crater area that started to travel down the upper sectors of the Sciara: a small surge of magma had arrived obviously.
This surge was rather small – by today early afternoon, the volcano’s activity had returned to lower, average values and the lava flow was no longer active.