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The eruption continued at a slowly diminishing rate for 417 days, until 6 July 2009, making this the longest flank eruption of Etna since the 1991–1993 eruption that lasted 473 days. Previous eruptions, in 2001, 2002–2003, and 2004–2005 had lasted 3 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months, respectively.
The 1669 eruption is considered to be the most important historical flank eruption of Etna. [53] With a volume of 0.5–1 km 3 (0.12–0.24 cu mi) [d] lava, [13] the 1669 eruption is Etna's largest during the last 400 years [4] and its largest historical effusive eruption. [67]
Unknown eruption near equator, magnitude roughly half Tambora: Emission of sulfur dioxide around the amount of the 1815 Tambora eruption (ice cores from Antarctica and Greenland). [24] 1808: Major eruptions in Urzelina, Azores (Urzelina eruption, fissure vent), Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Kamchatka Peninsula, [25] and Taal Volcano, Philippines. [26]
In early 2021, an eruption of the volcano lasted several weeks. But it hasn’t unleashed a major eruption since 1922. Mount Etna, towering at approximately 3,330metres tall (10,926 feet), is one ...
Photographers on the island also captured onlookers watching the eruption from a safe distance. The images of Mount Etna's eruption today, July 4th, 2024, are incredible. 📍 Sicily, Italy 🇮🇹
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The 2002 eruption of Mount Etna was a flank eruption, occurring along two rift zones to the north-east and south of the summit craters. In this image taken from the International Space Station, the northeast flank is in the foreground. Steam rising from the summit craters obscures the lower part of the south flank eruption column.
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