Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Etna in Italy from 05 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC to 23 Jul 2024 07:54 UTC

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Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Etna

in Italy

Event summary

Volcanic eruption Etna is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Name:	Etna
Lat/Lon:	37.748 , 14.999
Event Date:	23 Jul 2024 07:54 UTC
Exposed Population 30km:	About 950000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km:	About 2830000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:	5
Population exposure index:	5
Inserted at:	24 Jul 2024 05:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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Historical Timeline

Volcano Timeline

ID	Level	Date	Eruption Details	Source
1		05 Jul 2024 00:00	Eruption at 2024-07-04 15:30 UTC is weakening.	TOULOUSE
2		23 Jul 2024 07:54	Eruption at 2024-07-22 20:44 UTC strong ash emission ongoing.	TOULOUSE

Exposed population

The eruption happened in Italy , Region of Sicilia (population 5,201,680) . The nearest places are Mandra, Casa Melia, Mareneve, Villino Platania, Passo Cannelli, Milo, Pirao, Tarderia, Il Castello, Zafferana Etnea, and Siracusa.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.8 million people
75 km	2.1 million people
50 km	1.2 million people
30 km	950000 people
20 km	330000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

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Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sicilia	Italy	5.2 million people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Catania Fontanarossa	CTA	13	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8100	32 km
Sigonella	NSY	24	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8000	39 km
Tito Menniti	REG	26	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6900	68 km
Comiso	CIY	unknown				0	90 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Riposto	ITRPT	Italy	19 km
Acireale		Italy	25 km
Taormina		Italy	28 km
Catania	ITCTA	Italy	30 km
Milazzo	ITMLZ	Italy	56 km
Augusta	ITAUG	Italy	60 km
Maghisi	ITMAG	Italy	69 km
Messina	ITMSN	Italy	69 km
Reggio Calabria	ITREG	Italy	70 km
Vulcano Island		Italy	74 km
Melilli	ITMEL	Italy	74 km
Villa San Giovanni		Italy	76 km
Melito		Italy	76 km
Siracusa	ITSIR	Italy	81 km
Lipari	ITLIP	Italy	83 km
Salina Island	ITSLA	Italy	94 km
Panarea	ITPAN	Italy	97 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Pozzillo	Salso	1959	35 km
Ancipa	Troina	1953	38 km
Lentini	Lentini	1991	48 km
Nicoletti	Bozzetta	1972	60 km
Villarosa	Morello	1971	72 km
Santa Rosalia	Irminio	1983	89 km

Nuclear plants

Tsunami impact

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Tsunami affected locations

Initial conditions

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