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Etna update, 4 April 2013

After 18 days of quiescence, Etna's New Southeast Crater produced the 9th eruptive episode (paroxysm) of this year on the afternoon of 3 April 2013, with lava fountains and powerful explosions, emission of lava flows from its southern, southeastern and northeastern flanks, and generation of a tephra cloud, which once more was blown southeast by the wind, toward the population centers of Zafferana Etnea, Santa Venerina, and Acireale. The "prelude" to this episode started on the morning of 2 April with small ash emissions, and Strombolian activity during the following night. Read more