Mount Etna in Sicily ejects blood-red molten lava and grey and white ash
into the air.

11:00AM BST 13 Apr 2012
The Telegraph UK

The eruption on Thursday is the latest in a series that started in
January 2011.

Europe's most active volcano has erupted three times over the past
month, with regular 12 day pauses.

The main eruption is located at the south-eastern crater near Zafferana
Etnea village, but Italian authorities have not issued so far any
warning of danger to houses or people.

Moderate earthquake in sea off Italy's Sicily

     AAP
     April 13, 2012 5:50PM

  A 4.3 MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck in the sea off Italy's Sicily,
sending residents into the streets but with no immediate reports of
victims or injuries, officials said.

The epicentre of the quake that struck this morning (4.20 AEST) was
about 30km off the coast of Sicily, north of the capital Palermo, and
about 15km under sea level, according to the National Institute of
Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).

Crowds of people rushed onto the streets as the tremors from the quake
were felt in Palermo and other towns of the island off Italy's southern
tip known for seismologic activity.

Schools and offices closed immediately after the quake.

On January 27, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy, with
tremors felt in Genoa, Turin, Bologna, Milan and as far away as the city
of Strasbourg and the island of Corsica. It did not cause victims and
only slight damage.

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