Etna, increasing strombolian activity: alert rises to orange, no impact on Catania airport

John

By John

The intense Strombolian activity on Etna is confirmed, in a note, by theIngv, Etneo Observatoryof Catania, specifying that a lava overflow on the south-eastern side is also underway to the South-East crater. The forecast model indicates that a possible eruptive cloud produced by the current activity would disperse east. From a seismic point of view, from about 7 pm, the average amplitude of the volcanic tremor He showed a rapid increase, reaching the interval of high values ​​after twenty minutes. Currently the values ​​are high with a tendency to a further increase. The location of the centerid of the tremore sources falls into the area of ​​the South-East crater at an altitude of about 2,800 meters above sea level. The infrasponic activity showed a gradual and moderate increase from 19:50, the events are located in the area of ​​the South-East crater with medium amplitude. The signals of the clinometric networks and GNSS for monitoring soil deformations do not show significant variations. The alert for the flight, the Vonaissued byIngv of Catania He rose from yellow to orange. At the moment, the eruptive activity in the race of Etna does not impact with the operation of the Vincenzo Bellini international airport.