Etna volcano prepares for new eruption

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jón Frímann
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According to web cam images and images on the internet of Etna volcano. It seems that Etna volcano is preparing for an new small eruption. When and how big this eruption is going to be is impossible to know for sure. But ash emission have already started in the crater that is most likley going to erupt.

I am going to update this blog post with more details if I can get them.

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7 Responses to Etna volcano prepares for new eruption

  2. luisport says:
    January 28, 2012 at 11:07

    NewEarthquakeEarthquakes Tsunamis
    4.5 earthquake, Dodecanese Islands, Greece. Jan 28 12:50pm at epicenter (12m ago, 87km N of Iraklion, depth 10km). http://j.mp/ApQidr

    há 2 minutos

  3. Mafl says:
    January 28, 2012 at 12:15

    Because Etna looks quiet, here is an interesting document from AVCAN about the El hierro volcano:
    http://www.avcan.org/?m=Noticias&a=noticia&N=913
    As i understand it, there are more than one “mouth” of the volcano, perhaps something like a fissure. And some gas emissions in El Golfo…don’t know what that means.

    • KarenZ says:
      January 28, 2012 at 14:13

      It means, as far as I can tell, that there are two possible sources of gas and volcanic fluids in the El Golfo area.

      Seems to be to the north of Sabinosa and to the N (may be NE) of Frontera. http://www.avcan.org/varios/Imagenes/egc17.jpg

      The article does not give any more information. It means that I really did see small activity on the webcams but I had attributed this to the light conditions and camera quality so no screen shots.

      • Xana says:
        January 28, 2012 at 14:50

        KarenZ, this morning there was activity on the cams, RenatoRio posted a screenshot of a steamy lava buoy at Erik’s Blog.
        The gas emissions in El Golfo are of an earlier date, these have been discussed here previously, after these ‘possible gas vents’ had been detected by the Ramón Margalef on one of its earliest missions. Before that, there already was speculation about gas vents in that area, but no official statements came out until much later.

        • KarenZ says:
          January 28, 2012 at 19:51

          Sorry – didn’t give the date. I meant a few days ago; sometime late last week or earlier this week.

  4. Jón Frímann says:
    January 29, 2012 at 00:01

    New blog post is up about Grímsfjall volcano as it is having glacier flood at the moment.