Ce matin, le volcan s’est réveillé avec son sommet encapuchonné de neige…. Côté activité, rien de neuf depuis hier. Les nuages qui s’entêtent à rester dans la Valle del Bove empêchent de voir ce qui se passe dans le Cratère sud-est. Au vu des sismos, le calme semble revenu mais, au train où vont les choses, il ne serait pas surprenant de voir l’Etna faire un nouveau caprice d’ici quelques jours!
A noter par ailleurs que deux secousses sismiques se sont produites hier en Sicile. La première, de 2,3 sur l’échelle de Richter, a eu lieu au large des Iles Eoliennes. La deuxième, de 3,2, a secoué à 23h16 le détroit de Messine, entre Messine et Reggio de Calabre.
This morning, the volcano woke up with its summit covered with snow… As far as the activity is concerned, nothing new has happened since yesterday. The clouds in the Valle del Bove prevent us from seeing what’s going on in the SE Crater. Looking at the seismographs, it seems that everything is quiet, but it would not be surprising to see Mount Etna having another whim in the days to come!
Two earthquakes were observed yesterday in Sicily. The former, with a magnitude of 2.3 on the Richter scale, took place off the Aeolian Islands. The latter, with a magnitude of 3.2, shook the straits of Messina, between Messina and Reggio Calabria.
John Seach, an Australian volcanologist, informs us this morning of an eruption of the Rabaul volcano, in the Tavurvur Crater. The event began at 8:45 with an ash cloud that reached an altitude of 18 km a.s.l. It was crossed by flashes of lightning due to static electricity. Meantime, loud rumblings could be heard from the volcano. The ash clouds were so dense that sunlight was stopped and the area was plunged in darkness.