Stromboli volcano (Eolian Islands, Italy): lava supply reduced again

Weakened thermal anomaly signalizing in a satellite image on 2 Dec (image: Sentinel 2)

Weakened thermal anomaly signalizing in a satellite image on 2 Dec (image: Sentinel 2)

The active short lava flow started to decrease its advance and showed signs of being cooled.

The usual spattering activity in combination with strombolian-type explosions continue to take place from the North crater area. No activity has been observed from the Central-South crater area.

The volcanic tremor didn’t show significant variations.

The behavior of the volcano is mainly characterized by on-off small short-term lava outputs over the past month. Such events are nothing unusual on the volcano.

Source: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia volcano activity update 5 January 2022