
Lava fountain at Etna around noon today (image: LAVE webcam)
Shortly after the short lava fountaining phase in the morning, another similar eruptive phase occurred only about 90 minutes later: at around 11:40 local time, activity at the New SE crater again picked up and passed to lava fountaining by noon.
Yet another small lava flow was erupted to the SW. The lava fountaining phase lasted until around 13:30 and activity rapidly decreased as usual. The eruption plume reached 7000 m above sea level according to an activity update of INGV Catania.
Video of the eruption:
After 4 small paroxysms in little more than 12 hours, Etna so far has stayed more or less calm for the rest of today so far.