Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Mt. Etna erupts in Italy

Where is Mt. Etna located in Italy.  What type of eruption was it?    What type of rock was created from this eruption basalt or granite?  What do you think that it would be like to live by an active volcano?
Mt. Etna

124 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. The type of eruption was highest and most active volcano. The type of rock from this eruption is basalt. I think it would be really bad to. Why would people want to? Well one reason it would be bad is the ground shakes and you are in the middle of writhing or doing something that would mess you up with movement. It would just stink!!

Greve, Julia said...

Mt Etna is located on the island of sicily in the city of Catania. the volcano was the most active and highest volcano. it created a type of basaltic rock. i don't think it would be bad to live by an active volcano, its like living near yellow stone. you don't know when it might erupt, but would scientists be making sure that the volcano remained safe for the people living around it?

Mauricio,Courtney said...

Mt St etna is above Catania on Sicily.

The type of eruption is highest and most active

The type of rock from the volcano's eruption is basalt

I think thaat it would be horrible to live there!!

Mauricio,Courtney said...

@ Anna Sanzere I agree it would be hard and bad to live there!!!

Anonymous said...

-jill stange

Mt.Enta is located in the city of Catania,Sicily's second largest city. basalt rock was created from the eruption. i would he scared cause at any time iT could erupt and trap me and family and friends.

Anonymous said...

@jill I agree! i care about my family and friends too! I would'nt want to have my family trapped and then soon die! That just makes me sad and scared to even think life without my family!

LaGrangeBonnie said...

Mt. Etna is located in Sicily Italy!I'm not sure what the scientific way to say it would be, but it was long and increasing in the amount of lava. The type of rock formed by this eruption was basalt. I think living next to an active volcano would make me really nervous, but I'm sure there is a plus side too. Livng next to a volcano would probably make you more caustous of your surroundings. Although, I don't think I would enjoy living next to a volcano it could be perfect for someone else, such as a farmer looking for rich soil!

Schirmer,Brandon said...

It is located in the city of Catania. Mt. Etna produces basalt. If i lived near a active volcano i would probley be scared because if volcanos can damage stuff from a long distance and i live right next to it i would immdatly think i will die.

LaGrangeBonnie said...

@ Julia I guess your right, it wouldn't be too bad as long as volcanologists were monitoring the volcano and would warn people if any evacuations were neccessary!

ReddingtonDavid said...

Mt Etna is located in sicily. there were 2 eruptions, persisent explosive and flank erupition. basalt was created by the eruption.i think it would be scary to live by a volcano.

Kresser Jacob said...

Where is Mt. Etna located in Italy. What type of eruption was it? What type of rock was created from this eruption basalt or granite? What do you think that it would be like to live by an active volcano?

Mt. Etna is located in Catania in
Sicily
It was just a gas relese from the pit crators
Basalt
i wouldnt think about it to much unless it starts to act up

ReddingtonDavid said...

@ Mauricio,Courtney

it wouldn't be that hard to live near a volcano because the volcano probaly dosent erupit all the time

Henson,Megan said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily.
The type of eruption was the highest and most active.
The type of rock that was created from this eruption was basaltic.
I would be scared to live by an active volcano because it could erupt at any time.

Kresser Jacob said...

@ jill
i mean u would know if it were erupt ahead of time so u would be safe

Taylor's blog spot said...

mt.etna is located in Sicily. the type of rock is basalt. and i think it would be sooooooooo boreing to live on the moo cause you dont get cable up there so you cant watch barney, lol but seriosly who could, it would be too depresing, wondering if it would erupt right then and there no where to run, being atact by moving hot lava/gas i would probly move even if it rains i'd be so scared.

Schirmer,Brandon said...

@ david

i feel the same way about living next to an active volcano.

Henson,Megan said...

@ Anna:
I think it would stink if you were in the middle of something important and the ground started to shake. I wonder how often it would shake.

Peters,Jennifer said...

Mt.Etna is located high above the city of Catania on the city of Sicily. There were two types of eruptions described. First one:persistent explosive eruptions, sometimes minor lava emissions. Second one: Flank eruptions typically higher effusion rates, occur less frequently and originate from fissures that open progessively downward near the summit.

Peters,Jennifer said...

Also Mt.Etna's eruption formed basalt. (forgot to put that on there:)

Andrew Gibbous McCarthy said...

on the island sicily by catania.It is very active.Basalt is the type of rock.I would hate to live by a valcanoe let alone a active one you would have to live in constant fear of it erupting and could possible kill you and your family i would move.

Luke said...

mt.etna had a flank eruption and created basalt.

Lamping Ally said...

Mt. Etna is located in the island Sicily.
The eruption was a Flank eruption which doesnt occur as often.
Basalt was created from this eruption.
It Would make me very nervous and scared everyday because i wouldnt know when an erruption would occur!

Peters,Jennifer said...

I think life would be very stressful because I would always have the feeling it would erupt any minute. I would also be worried about someone getting hurt near the volcano. Therefore I would not want to live by an active volcano!

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

Where is Mt. Etna located in Italy. What type of eruption was it? What type of rock was created from this eruption basalt or granite? What do you think that it would be like to live by an active volcano?

It was located in the island of sicily.
The eruption was a Flank which doesnt happen often.
Basalt rock was created.
In my opinion i would not live near an actice volcano it would be very scary because at anytime it could erupt. I know it has good soil and everything but you can have a chance of dying.

Peters,Jennifer said...

@Anna
I agree! That is a very good point. What if you were setting down your groceries and they all fell? Your money would be going down the drain and so would your time!

Lamping Ally said...

@ Bonnie (:
I agree I wouldnt want to live near an active volcanoe but a very brave farmer might because of the rich soil.

Luke said...

i agree with everyone, it wood be terreble to live by a volcano. all my family would be buried!

Savard, Samantha said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. The type of eruption that happened was presistant explosive eruptions and Flank eruptions. The rock that was produced from this volcanoe was granite and basalt. I dont think it would be fun to live near a volcanoe because you would never know when it might erupt.

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

@Megan henson
i agree it would be very scary to live near an actice volcanoe because it coud erupt at anytime i actually said the same thing !

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Andrew Gibbous McCarthy said...

@anna\
thats the least to worry about it could even hurt u possibly kill you with ash or lava

Anonymous said...

the last one was from sarah savard

Rembold,Abby said...

Mt Etna is above Catania. The eruption was the highest and most active volcano. The type of rock created was basalt. I think that it wouls be kinda scary to live next to a volcano, i would be scared that it would erupt. But i think that it also would be kinda cool to live by one.

schatzman.arin said...

Mt.Etna is on the island of Sicily.The eruption created the rock basalt.It would be a little scary knowing thatyou by something of potential mass destruction.

Anonymous said...

Mt. Etna is located in Sicily and is the highest and most active volcano in Europe. The type of rock that was produced in Mt. Etna was basalt.
I think living near an active volcano would be ok for the most part. There are people who tell you when that volcano is going to erupt, and it give you good generation and heat.

Anonymous said...

.Mt. Etna is located at the bottom of Italy.
.I think that the kind of eruptoin was a (BN-1),and from the northeast crater,where pulsating emission produced mushroom-shaped vapor.
.the kind of rock is basalt.
.I don't kmow why someone would leav e right next to an active volcaneo one way might be is the view and they probily didny't know if it will or not because it has been not actve for a long time.

Sarah Savard

Savard, Samantha said...

@Julia
I kind of agree with you but you would want to live near a volcanoe and if they tell you beforehand then everybody would be crowding up the roads to get away and if your near it then it would be even harder

Anonymous said...

@ Drew
Well it could but if you have people telling you that there is going to be an eruption and you leave and get to saftey in time, you'll be ok.

Taylor's blog spot said...

@ every body that said this
its 57 peeps

Anonymous said...

@courntey I agree! It would be really terrible to live near one! Why would people want to live near one! Really?

kallmeyer, bridget said...

Mt.Etna iis located in Sicily, Italy.
It was a very spered out eruption. Differnt parts of it erupted at differnt times.
Basalt was created from this eruption.
I think that it would be scary to live by an active volcano.

schatzman.arin said...

At david

It may not erupt all the time but when it does it will destroy all your possions.

Sturwold, Kaylee said...

Mt.Etna is located on sicily. The type of erpution was highest and active volcano. The type of rock was basalt. I think it would be scary it would freak me out because every day having to worry about what if it erupts.

Sturwold, Kaylee said...

@anna haa you would think about writing lol anyway i would be realy scared if it erupted!

kallmeyer, bridget said...

@Jennifer
I agree, life would be very stressful living by an active volcano. But living by an extinct volcano wouldn`t be that bad.

Tyler said...

Mt etna is in siscily it is the largest volcanoe in europe the type of rock was basalt

Rembold,Abby said...

@ mackenzie

thats true about the scientist i would feel a little less scared.

bekah said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of catania on the island of sicily.the eruption was the highest and most active. the rock from the eruption is basalt. why would people want to live there? maybe because of the soil. i think it would be bad because you could lose evreything and you dont know when it will erupt

hutson,cody said...

Sicily. THe highest and most volumist of in Italy. Basalt. I wwould be really scared that the volcano might epupt and I wouldn't want to take the chance so I would move somewhere else.

Tedesco.Jake said...

Mt.Etna is located on the island of Sicily. the type was the highest and most active volcano, the type of rock was basalt, i dont think i would live there because it was an active volcano

Unknown said...

S alfio. Explosive eruption. basalt. i would be scared and afraid of any sudden eruptions.

hutson,cody said...

@Greve,Julia


I disagree about living there i would be afraid to ive there.

stalbaum,lauren said...

Mt. Etna is located on the island of sicily. The rock that was created from this eruption was basalt. It was formed after the ACTIVE ERUPTION of Mt.Etna.

I think there would be pro's and con's of living by a active.

pro's: you could study and do research.

con's: eruption=you die

Smith,Courtney said...

Mt. Etna is located at Sicily, Italy.i dont now the term but the erupation was caused by an increasing amout of lava. The type of rock thatt came out was basalt. I probaly wouldn't like living by an active volcano because you could get hurt very easily.

Sydney,Vest said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. The type of eruption was the highest and most active valcanoe. The type og rock that was formed was the basalt. I think it would be really scary to live by an active valcanoe. I think it would be very hard to watch and get out on time. just a hard job.

Garvey, Emily said...

It was located in the island of sicily.
The eruption was a Flank which doesnt happen often.
Basalt rock was created.
I would not live near an actice volcano it would be very scary.

Greve, Julia said...

@ samantha

they would be okay, as long as there was a safety evacuation planned

Smith,Courtney said...

@ bonnie lagrange

i agree with you some one who wants to live by a volcano can but we dont have to cause we wouldn't like it!

Sydney,Vest said...

i agree with courtney! it would be really hard!

Greve, Julia said...

@ lauren

only those who panic woukld become ijured of 'die'. just because someone lives near somthing dangerous doesn't mean that just being there would automatically be a death sentence

Anonymous said...

Mt. Etna towers over Catania, Sicily.Weak emissions of incanescent material resumed from the pit crater. Basalt erupted from the pit. If I were to live by a active volcano I would want to move because of how frightened I would be if it were to erupt.

gorrasi josh said...

mount etna is in sicily. it was the highest volcano ever. it created basalt when it erupted. i would be not to scared to live by a volcano because i know people have equiptment to tell when it will explode.

bader,lindsay said...

mt. etna was located above catania on the island of sicily.it was highly active. the type of rock that the volcano had basalt.

Anonymous said...

@Julia Greve
I don;t agree with your idea. I think people should be scared. They are living near an active volcano. It woudl scare me to death.

Alec said...

Mount Etna is located on the island of sicily. the type of eruption mount etna's had was the highest and most active. the type of rock that was formed by this eruption is basalt.it would be terrible and very scary to live by a volcano.

bader,lindsay said...

i totaly agree with you julia

Greve, Julia said...

@ emily it doesnt matter if your just scared; the fertile soil outside volcanos would be worth it to some. you shouldnt even be scared! if you are prepared and ready for an actual emergency like this you should have a reason to be worried

brendanmarchetti said...

mt etna is above the city catania the type of eurruptiuon it was the highest and most active one the type of rock that eurruptid was basalt. I dont know why people would want to live under a volcano its a bad idea because it could errupt any second

Henry Minning said...

Mt Etna is located Catania, on the island of sicily. It eruted basalt and it was the highest, most active eruption. I thin it would be terrible and terrifiy to live through or around or near an active volcanoe or its eruptions.

Alana Gulley said...

Mt Etna is an island on sicliy on the city Also Mt Etna's eruption created basalt. ALso it was the highest most sctive eruption It would be terryidying to go through that if you lived around that volcanoe

Henry Minning said...

@ Anna Sanzere
I like the part in your blog about the writing part. Yes it would just stink.

Unknown said...

@gorrasi josh
i disagree you never know the size

CameronIan said...

Mt etna is above the italian city Catania located on the island of sicily.This wasthe highest rated eruption.

Gerdes,Austin said...

mt etna is located around the city of catania on the island os sicily the type of erruption is the highest and most aggressive

Tchase said...

Above Catania on sicily
it was a really high eruption and the most active
basalt
It would be scary, i would always worry it would erupt.

Riley, Olivia said...

Etna: Sicily, Italy
3.7734 degrees north, 15.004 gegrees east
Elevation: 3330m

on the evening of Jan. 3, very weak emissions of material came from the pit crater located on the lower East part of Etna's Southeast Crater cone. Later that evening more stuff came from the pit crater was reported by observers in the village of South Alfio on the East part of Etna. The emissions continued on Jan. 4 at a rate of 4-6 events per hour.

Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

Where is Mt. Etna located in Italy. on Sicily.

What type of eruption was it?the highest and most voluminous in Italy.

What type of rock was created from this eruption basalt or granite? Basalt

What do you think that it would be like to live by an active volcano?I think it would be cool but as long as i'm on a hill.

Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

@Tchase
I believe that i would be scared of a volcano erupting but if i was on hill i think i would be safe.

alyssa weber said...

the eruption was very high and active.
the rock was basalt.
i think it would be fritening but, it could produce fertile soil.

johnson, allison said...

mt. etna is located above city catania in the island of sicily. the eruption was the worst and most active. basalt was the type of rock that was in the eruption. it would not be good if i lived next to a valcano. i dont want to take a chance to loose my home and move away.

Andie said...

Mt. Etna is located above Catania. The volcano is the highest and most voluminous in Italy. The rock that was created from this eruptioin was basalt. I think it would be bad to live there, never knowing if Mt. Etna was going to erupt or not that day.

baxter bryan said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. The type of eruption was highest and most active volcano. The type of rock from this eruption is basalt. I think it would be really bad to.Mt St etna is above Catania on Sicily

Andie said...

@alyssa weber
Why would it be frighting to live near Mt. Etna?

alyssa weber said...

@jill
if you remember from the movie they lied to the people saying there will NOT be a super eruption yet they knew it was highly possible.

johnson, allison said...

@ alyssa weber i disagree about living next to a valcano even if it gives you good soil

baxter bryan said...

alyssa weber-ya i thing the eruption was very high and active.i disagree about liveing next to a valcano even if it gives you good soil.

alyssa weber said...

@andie
i would always be worrying that it would erupt and i would always live in fear.

alyssa weber said...

@anna
i realized it was a highly active VOLCANO not an eruption

Anonymous said...

monni szary
mt.etna is near the city catania on the island of sicily. the rocks from the eruption is basalt. it is really bad for people that live there

Natalie said...

Mt. Etna is located in Catania, which is a city on the island of Sicily. The type of eruption was the highest and most active. The type of rock created from this eruption was basalt. I think it would be very scary to live by a active volcano. It would also be nerve racking if it did erupt.

John Dinger said...

it is located in Cantania,Sicily. it was a flank eruption. basalt was created from this eruption.

It depended on what kinds of eruptions happened. if it was usally just a really minor eruption i dont think i would care. but if it had more violent eruptions i may be frightened. it would be cool to live near one to see emissions and minor eruptions.

Bader, Lucas said...

mt.Etna is located in sicily ltaly, it was a smoke eruption, dont know what tiypt it is, it would be terfing i say.

John Dinger said...

@ julia greve

I agree with you. it wouldnt be bad living near it because you can get warned ahead

Natalie said...

@ Anna Sanzere

It would stink but there would be some good things the soil would be rich and pumus would probably be really cheap there. :)

walter burkart said...

Mt. Etna is located in sicily. alot of hot gass with little soilds. it produced balsic. worrysome not really knowing for sure when it would explode and i it did getting away would be a pain and then haveing your posetins distroid i couldent do that

wessels,kelsey said...

mt.etna is located above the city of catania on the island of sicily.the type of eruption was the higest and the most active volcano.the type of rock that was formed from the eruption was basalt.i think it would be pretty bad to leive near a active volcano because you could loseyouer home and everything you own.

Calderon, Heidi said...

Mt Etna is located on the island of sicily in the city of Catania
It was the highest and the most active volcano.
The type of rock was basalt.
It was be very bad to live by an active volcano it would totally just like destroy everything. You would need alot of guts to live next to a volcano and active one expecally.

Calderon, Heidi said...

@kelsey
I think that it would also be pretty bad to live next to a active volcano i totally like would never live next to an active volcano.

cirkovic, daniel said...

Mt. Etna is located in Catania on the island Sicily. The type of eruption was a more gassy (forget the scienctific name) and highest and most active. Basaltic rock was created from this eruption. I would not like to like near an active volcano. My home can be destroyed or something else might happen. I wouldn't like to live near one at all.

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georgantonis,pete said...

mt etna is located at the top of sicly the volcano was the highest and the most active volcano the type of rock is basalt

cirkovic, daniel said...

@John,Dinger

I do not agree with you. I wouldn't like to live near ANY type of volcano. It said in the article that in 1995 Mt. Etna got more explosive erruptions when it was wasn't very explosive before.

Anonymous said...

Etna: Sicily, Italy
3.7734 degrees north, 15.004 gegrees eastElevation: 3330meters.
On the evening of Jan. 3, very weak emissions of material came from the pit crater located on the lower East part of Etna's Southeast Crater cone. Later that evening more stuff came from the pit crater was reported by observers in the village of South Alfio on the East part of Etna. The emissions continued on Jan. 4 at a rate of 4-6 events per hour.
Anthony,Erb

wessels,kelsey said...

@ alyssa weber i think the same thing as bryan i think it be pretty bad to live near a active volcano even if it gives good soil for farming....

Guthier Nick said...

Mt Etna is located in the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. The eruption was the most active and highest eruption. The rock type was basalt. I would be scared to live by a volcano because I wouldn't know when it would erupt and if it would erupt when I am sleeping.

rentz,monica said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of catania on the island of sicily. The eruption was the highest and active volcano. The type of rock from the eruption was basalt. I think living by a active volcano would be bad becuase when the ground shakes and the house walls strated to cave down on you.

Guthier Nick said...

@ Anna Sanzere
I agree, it would also be annoying too because what if your in the middle of something really important and then there is a volcano. It would ruin a lot of things.

rentz,monica said...

@ anna

I agree with you when you are working on somthing and the ground starts shaking it will mess you up.

georgantonis,pete said...

@ anna i think that it would be hard to liveby an active volcano

gaddis,breanna said...

Mt. Etna is located above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. The type of eruption was highhest and most active volcano. The type of rock from this eruption is basalt. I think it would be really bad to. Why would people watt to? Well one reason it would be bad is the ground shakes and you are in the middle of writhing or doing something that would mess you up with movement.

gaddis,breanna said...

@ reddington
i diagree i think it would behard to live by a volcanoe because you never know when it would erupt and you would have to be prepared everyday

Reis, Elizabeth said...

Mt. Etna is located above Catania in Sicily. The eruption was the highest and most voluminous. The type of rock that was created from this eruption was basalt. To live by an active volcano I think it would be scary but I think I would be able to deal with it since it is constantly being monitored.

Dupont, Noah said...

Mt Etna is located by the city of Catania on Sicily. The eruption type was high and active. The rock created was basalt. It would NOT be fun to live by one, I mean lava destroying your house? Sounds great!-sarcasm-

Jenkins,Tom said...

in scisly . it is an active volcano. it mde basalt. it wold be stressfull to live by one. i wold pack my bags and run.

Reis, Elizabeth said...

@Daniel
I dont think it would be that bad but the worst part would be caught up in the traffic when all the people are trying to leave to get away from the soon to be eruption. But also volcanologists might not be able to monitor the coming eruption quickly enough....

Haden, Mark said...

IN asia.granite rock.awesome.

Jenkins,Tom said...

re anna: i agrre; a wold run.

ps: cute puppy pic!

Haden, Mark said...

@anna
Nice comment.

Anonymous said...

Joshua parsons- MT.ETNA is located in sicily. It was a ash plume eruption. Ash was created. I would be scared and i would not like living near a active volcano.

Anonymous said...

Joshua parsons- MT.ETNA is located in sicily. It was a ash plume eruption. Ash was created. I would be scared and i would not like living near a active volcano.

Dupont, Noah said...

@Calderon Heidi
I agree it would take either ALOT of guts/courage to live near a volcano.

Anonymous said...

this is above the city of atania and of the island Sicily. The type of volcano eruption is created by a type of basalt. It is the highest and most active volcano. i think it would be terriable to live by a volcano. you would never know when it would erupt i know the scientist would but there is always a chance that it could be wrong! so i would not want to live by a volcano.
--Sydney POlking--

Anonymous said...

i Agree with Andrew because it ould be harmful if in the middle of the eruption were there is no possiable way to get away from the eruption

Joseph Pegg said...

Mt.Etna is located in Sicilia, Italy.The eruption was little. The type of rock was basaltic. It would be dangerous to live by a volcano.