Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Etna
in Italy

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Etna Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000095
Name: Etna
Lat/Lon: 37.748 , 14.999
Event Date: 05 Jul 2024 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 950000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 2830000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 5
Population Exposure Index PEI: 5
Inserted at: 05 Jul 2024 07:43 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Etna report has been published on 03 Jul 2024 18:58.
INGV reported that eruptive activity was recorded at Etna?s Bocca Nuova Crater, Southeast Crater, and Voragine Crater during the month of June. Gas emissions at Bocca Nuova Crater were variable and sometimes high-temperature pulses were visible as incandescent flashes at night. Occasional emissions of red ash were visible but quickly dissipated. At Southeast Crater fumarolic gas emissions rose from the E part of the cone and from the 2 April pit crater on the N crater rim. Diffuse ash emissions from the E vent were visible during 6-9 June. At Voragine Crater weak Strombolian activity began during 13-14 June at a vent located at the southern inner wall of a cinder cone formed during 2019-2021 activity. Initially explosions occurred about every 10 minutes and built small hornitos. Over a period of days, the material accumulated and formed a small scoria cone; Strombolian activity at two vents began to intensify on 26 June. The new cinder cone reached about 20 m high during 27-30 June. On 29 June lava from the SE side of the cone flowed into Bocca Nuova Crater and on 1 July a lava flow effused from a vent on the NW flank. Source: Sezione di Catania - Osservatorio Etneo (INGV)
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 407 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 3

Société Tunisie – L’éruption de l’Etna en Sicile derrière le nombre im ... 2024-07-08T22:17+0200.

Après une remarquable augmentation des cas de noyades sur plusieurs plages tunisiennes, l’expert environnemental Adel Al-Hentati a déclaré que l’éruption volcanique récente dans le sud de l’Italie a eu un impact direct sur l’état des plages
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Eruzione a Stromboli: stato di mobilitazione nazionale2024-07-08T22:15+0200.

L'Isola di Stromboli , nota per essere uno dei vulcani più attivi al mondo, è attualmente al centro di una situazione di emergenza. Il ministro per la Protezione civile Nello Musumeci , ha firmato un decreto per la mobilitazione straordinar
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Meteo: Etna, il Video della potente eruzione del 4 Luglio, forti boati ... 2024-07-08T21:28+0200.

L'Etna, il vulcano attivo più alto d'Europa, ha dato vita a un'altra spettacolare eruzione negli ultimi giorni attirando l'attenzione di residenti e turisti. L'eruzione, iniziata nel pomeriggio di giovedì 4 luglio, è stata caratterizzata da
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Stromboli, l’eruzione prosegue. Etna, attività in calo2024-07-08T18:04+0200.

I due vulcani proseguono la loro attività, ma con intensità diverse. Geologi e vulcanologi ribadiscono: “Fenomeni non collegati tra loro”. Il vulcano sull’omonima isola nelle Eolie, e l’ Etna a Catania dopo diversi giorni proseguono la loro
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (32), (2), INGV (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2),