Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Etna
in Italy

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Etna Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000115
Name: Etna (211060)
Lat/Lon: 37.75 , 15
Event Date: 02 Jun 2025 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 PEI: 5
Inserted at: 02 Jun 2025 12:36 UTC

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Italy - Volcanic eruption (ECHO 08 Jun 2025)Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:27

  • On 2 June, an intense volcanic eruption was registered at Mount Etna volcano, in the eastern Sicily region, in southern Italy.
  • According to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), an explosive eruption occurred in the South-East crater at 2,500 meters above sea level. Several explosions were recorded, accompained by the collapse of the the northern part of the South-East crater and the subconsequent pyroclastic flow moving northward. Three lava flows were reported moving southern, eastern and northern directions. Ashfall was observed in Cesarò e Bronte municipalities, in Messina and Catania provinces respectively.
  • The INGV and national authorities are monitoring the area, and the access to the upper part of the crater is forbidden.  
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (32), (2), INGV (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JSR (1),