Italy’s Civil Protection Department has raised the alert level on Monday because of a new eruption of the Strómboli volcano, which is located on the island of the same name in the south of the country.
The alert level, which is now orange, allows experts to monitor the situation around the volcano more closely, while authorities have urged the local population to follow relevant safety instructions, according to a brief statement from Civil Protection.
On Sunday, Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology recorded an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale south of the volcano, in the Mediterranean Sea. The earthquake would have triggered a new volcanic activity in the area, where the active volcano is located.
The Department of Civil Protection has also warned that this has caused a small tsunami with waves 1.5 meters high, so that the warning alarms have sounded on the island. Mount Stromboli is about 920 meters high and often erupts.
