Current tremor signal (image: INGV Catania)
After little more than a week of calm, the volcano started to be restless again during the past 2 days, and has been increasing its activity at the New SE crater in the past two hours or so.
Accompanied by strongly fluctuating tremor, ash emissions and mild explosive activity began again at the New SE crater yesterday. Right now, the volcanic tremor signal is rising sharply, which in the past months always announced a new lava fountaining episode to occur very soon.
Mild explosion at Etna’s New SE crater yesterday (image: LAVE webcam)