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 (211060)
Lat/Lon: 37.75 , 15
Event Date: 23 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: 24 Jul 2024 05:33 UTC

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Italy - Volcanic activity (ECHO 29 Jul 2024)Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:49

  • On 23 July 2024 another intense eruptive episode activity taking place at Mount Etna, located in eastern Sicily, southern Italy, ended. As reported by the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) the eruptive activity began in the late afternoon of 22 July and reached its climax at 6.30 UTC of 23 July, when hundreds meter high lava fountains and an ash plume reached an altitude of 8 km above sea level.
  • Ash fall deposits have been recorded in different localities close to the volcano, including Rifugio Sapienza, Piano Vetore, C.da Milia, Nicolosi, Tremestieri Etneo and also the area of Catania city.
  • Following this eruption, media report that the flights landing or departing at the International Airport of Catania have been cancelled on 23 July until 16:00 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 17 Jul 2024 10:38.
Sezione di Catania - Osservatorio Etneo (INGV) reported that an eruption at Etna continued during 8-14 July. The eruption was characterized by a gradual increase of Strombolian activity within the Voragine Crater on 10 July, and ash emissions on 11 July. The Toulouse VAAC issued advisories for an ash emission that rose about 1 km above the summit (12,000 ft a.s.l.) and drifted S. After a few days of decreased activity, explosions gradually increased in the NE Crater (NEC) and Voragine on 14 July, generating ash emissions that quickly dispersed above the craters; light ash emissions continued afterwards from both craters. The amplitude of volcanic tremor rapidly fluctuated between medium and high levels. Signal locations shifted from an area just E of the Voragine crater to the SE Crater area on 12 July, and then shifted again to the NEC area on 14 July. Sources: Sezione di Catania - Osservatorio Etneo (INGV),Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC)
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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), JSR (1),