Video showed lava spewing from two new vents that have opened up on the Mount Etna Volcano on Sicily, Italy.

The scene, filmed on Tuesday 31 May, came after the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Etneo Observatory, announced that from an inspection it carried out, two effusive vents had opened on the side of the volcano's south-east crater.

The first is at an altitude of about 3,250m (10,662 feet), a second at around 2800m. The most advanced lava fronts reached an altitude of about 2100m. The effusive rate at the time of the observations was low and the flow moved inside the Valle del Bove in the direction of Monte Simone, the INGV said.

It added that the amplitude of the tremor, after an increase found in the morning, is stationary but in the high range. The signal sources are located in the south-east crater area at an altitude of about 3000m. The infrasonic signal is affected by wind noise. As far as can be seen from the recordings, the activity seems low.

As far as ground deformations are concerned, there are no significant variations at the stations of the GNSS and Tilt networks, according to the INGV.

The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Etneo Observatory, announces that from the inspection carried out in the afternoon it was observed that two effusive vents opened on the side of the South-East Crater, the first is at an altitude of about 3250 m, a second at lowest altitude around 2800 m.
The effusive rate at the time of the observations was low and the flow moved inside the Valle del Bove in the direction of Monte Simone. The most advanced lava fronts reached an altitude of about 2100 m.
The amplitude of the tremor, after an increase found in the morning, is stationary in the high range. The signal sources are located in the SE crater area at an altitude of about 3000 m a.s.l. The infrasonic signal is affected by wind noise. As far as can be seen from the recordings the activity seems low.
As far as ground deformations are concerned, there are no significant variations at the stations of the GNSS and Tilt networks.
Source: INGV Catania