Starting from 14:47 (local time) on 19 May, the monitoring networks of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology - Osservatorio Etneo (INGV - OE), recorded an increase in explosive activity from the northern crater area of Stromboli.
At 14:51 the volcano produced a pyroclastic flow which reached the coast line developing into the sea for over 1 km and producing an ash cloud which reached an estimated height of about 1.5-2 km above sea level
Other pyroclastic flows of lesser intensity occurred from 15:02 to about 15:35, producing modest clouds of ash and hot coarse material that reached the coast line. A lava flow is still in progress whose front reaches the coast line.
The evolution of the phenomena is continuously followed through the monitoring networks and by the personnel in the field of the Sections of the INGV, the Etna Observatory of Catania, the Vesuvian Observatory of Naples and Palermo.
#ingv #stromboli #aeolian
At 14:51 the volcano produced a pyroclastic flow which reached the coast line developing into the sea for over 1 km and producing an ash cloud which reached an estimated height of about 1.5-2 km above sea level
Other pyroclastic flows of lesser intensity occurred from 15:02 to about 15:35, producing modest clouds of ash and hot coarse material that reached the coast line. A lava flow is still in progress whose front reaches the coast line.
The evolution of the phenomena is continuously followed through the monitoring networks and by the personnel in the field of the Sections of the INGV, the Etna Observatory of Catania, the Vesuvian Observatory of Naples and Palermo.
#ingv #stromboli #aeolian
figure - Thermal image of the pyroclastic flow taken from Punta dei Corvi by the INGV-OE video surveillance network (times expressed in UTC)