Short update - Mt Etna, Sicily - 16.03.2025
After almost 14 days of quiet gas emission at the summit craters, mild Strombolian activity suddenly began at Mt Etna's South East Crater on the evening of 15 March. During the night of 16 March, the activity increased significantly and there were some powerful Strombolian explosions. The event was accompanied by rapidly increasing tremor. On 16 March, the tremor fell back to a medium level and the eruptive activity came to an end.
This INGV-webcam photo from the late evening of 15 March shows the strombolian activity at the South East Crater. The vent, which is located above the large southern breach, throws the glowing pyroclastic material about 100 metres upwards. Individual bombs reach the south-eastern base of the cone (lower right half of the image):
