Etna is awake

2001/06/12 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Geologia

The first historical eruption was that of the Etna volcano. Specifically, a. C. What happened in 1500 was collected in writing, and thousands of years later it is still awake.

The famous volcano located on the east coast of Sicily is the highest in Europe (3,345 m). Along with the major crater, another 200 smaller craters, whose eruptions have caused the greatest panic throughout history. It seems that it is very difficult to imagine where lava will come out and surprised people. The best-known eruption in history was that of 1660. 830,000,000 m3 ^of lava that destroyed nearby populations.

XX. In the 20th century there have been many eruptions; in 1983 it remained in flames for four consecutive months. Now it has risen and since May 25 launched the lava from a small crater located southeast of the major crater, there have been more eruptions. The last one was on June 11. After 3 eruptions in the previous five days, the strongest was yesterday morning. Currently only smoke comes out of the southeast crater, but in the coming hours there may be more eruptions.