Stromboli volcano (Eolian Islands, Italy): pyroclastic flow followed major explosion
Thu, 7 Oct 2021, 08:22 | BY: MARTIN
Powerful explosion generated a pyroclastic flow today (image: INGV)
The height of an ash plume is unknown and was not reported yet as visibility was partially limited due to dense clouds, but from the observatory's bulletin it dissipated towards the NE direction.
Partial collapse of the eruption column caused a pyroclastic flow that descended on the Sciara del Fuoco and reached the sea.
A small lava overflowed the north crater rim that has reached approx. 750 m elevation. It now appears cooling.
A sharp peak in tremor accompanied the event approx. one minute before the explosion and later decreased again to medium-low values.
The INGV observatory detected at about 18:33 local time returning of the activity back to the average levels.
Source: National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Etneo Observatory volcano activity update 7 October 2021
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