Etna volcano update: vigorous strombolian eruption last night

Strombolian explosion from the SE Crater last night (image: INGV)

The INGV volcano observatory reported an increasing strombolian-style activity from the Southeast Crater at 03:36 UTC last night.

Ash emissions, glowing lava bombs and emissions of steam and gas were ejected off the crater. Emissions dissipated to the north-northwest of the volcano.

Periods of medium-to-low amplitude tremor accompanied the eruption. The volcanic tremor were localized in the SE Crater area.

Source: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia volcano activity update 24 November 2023