On Sunday 8 March 2020, the news of an alleged resumption of eruptive activity on Stromboli circulated online. In relation to this item, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology specifies that the Stromboli volcano is characterized by persistent eruptive activity, which has never stopped and therefore cannot be restarted.
The networks and monitoring and surveillance systems of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) have not highlighted in the last few hours any anomalous eruptive event with respect to the ordinary Strombolian activity observed in recent weeks.
In particular, it is denied that a new eruptive phase of the Stromboli volcano similar to the events of summer 2019 has occurred, or is in progress. Any articles referring to a resumption of eruptive activity, especially if accompanied by photos of eruptions unusually large ones turn out to be misleading and suitable for causing alarms that are not justified by the current real situation".
INGV continues to monitor the behavior of the volcano with the utmost attention. Please note that the INGV surveillance bulletins of Stromboli are available at the links: