Description
Activation time (UTC): 2018-12-26 15:05:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-12-24 06:00:00
Event type: Volcanic activity (Lava flow)
Activation reason:
On 24th of December the Etna volcano, located in the eastern part of Sicily, had a sudden eruption close to its main crater at 3300 meters above sea level. The eruptive activity has been characterized mainly by explosions as well as emissions of lava from several eruptive fissures starting from the base of the New South East Crater. On 26th of December at 2:19 am UTC, an earthquake of 4.8 magnitude hit the same part of the region. The epicentre is located between Viagrande and Trecastagni, two small villages close to Catania. According to the National Institute of Volcanology (INGV) the earthquake was very shallow, only 1 km deep and for this reason it has produced many damages to houses and infrastructures. The most damages have been recorded in the neighbour of the villages of Fleri, Zafferana Etnea, Santa Venerina and Acireale.
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Delineation products: 2
Grading products: 4
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Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Etna Volcano eruption in Sicily, Italy (2018-12-26). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/9f5312d2-b1df-459a-ac50-820ad5c073a2
Keywords
Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Emergency Copernicus EMS Emergency Management EMSR336 CEMS Copernicus Service Italy Rapid Mapping Mapping Volcanic activity ITA
Data access
All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.
Spatial coverage
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|---|---|
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| GEO | POLYGON((14.9819672979 37.7671732174,15.1774731465 37.7671732174,15.1774731465 37.5853414891,14.9819672979 37.5853414891,14.9819672979 37.7671732174)) |
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-04-23
- Modified date
- 2021-04-19
- Issued date
- 2018-12-26
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR336
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/9f5312d2-b1df-459a-ac50-820ad5c073a2
- Popularity
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