Mount Etna Volcano

Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna, began to erupt again on Sunday, 27 October 2002. Catania's airport closed. Emergency medical clinic ship in Catania's harbor. An earthquake damaged hundreds of homes in Santa Venerina. A large river of magma is heading towards a popular ski resort in Linguaglossa.

Related? Approximately 440 miles due north of Mount Etna, a strong earthquake on 31 October 2002 caused the deaths of the entire first grade class of the village of San Giuliano di Puglia when their poorly constructed schoolhouse collapsed.

Update: More quakes rock the region on 24 November 2002. Lava flows continue to threaten the resort town of Santa Venerina.

Related Points of Interest*
(Data in Waypoint+ Comma Delimited Text File Format)

Datum,WGS84,WGS84,0,0,0,0,0
WP,D,ETNA01, 37.7500, 15.0000,10/29/2002,03:00:00,Mount Etna
WP,D,ETNA02, 37.5000, 15.1000,10/29/2002,03:00:00,Catania
WP,D,ETNA03, 37.6862, 15.1346,10/29/2002,03:00:00,Santa Venerina
WP,D,ETNA04, 37.8376, 15.1393,10/29/2002,03:00:00,Linguaglossa
WP,D,QUAKE1, 41.6865, 14.9637,10/31/2002,03:00:00,San Giuliano di Puglia

*Geographic location information determined for descriptions from various internet sources, most notabaly, Yahoo! News

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