The activity at the volcano continues at high levels is still ongoing at the time of this update.
A spattering has been picking up at the North crater area starting at 19:30 UTC yesterday indicating another batch of fresh magma shifting inside the volcano’s feeder pipe. This resulted in a formation of a new lava flow on the upper part of Sciara del Fuoco. The continuous bursting spattering keeps the flow active as hot fluid blebs fall to the ground and coalesce thereby forming the lava flow.
Intermittent intense strombolian-type explosions continue to take place from both North and Central-South area vents at roughly regular intervals of every 3-to-5 minutes. The activity is being associated with medium gas-steam emissions, so-called degassing.
Prior to the eruption, a typical sharp spike in volcanic tremor was monitored at 19:15 UTC, but later decreased to medium-high levels.
No significant ground deformation was recorded.
Source: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia volcano activity update 9 October 2023
