ROME, Italy (AFP) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday near Europe’s most active volcano Mount Etna, injuring several people, displacing some 600 and damaging buildings, Italian civil protection officials said. Two people were pulled from a collapsed building and around 10 were taken to hospital suffering light injuries from falling debris. An elderly woman suffered multiple fractures, Agi news agency reported, while 18 people made it on their own to hospital to be treated […]
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Scientists test robots on Etna moonscape ahead of next lunar mission
MOUNT ETNA, Italy (Reuters) — A robot scuttles across a dry and arid moonscape but it is not in outer space, it is on Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, which is being used for research by the German Aerospace Center, testing robots ahead of the next mission to the moon. A variety of experts from Germany, England, the United States and Italy are involved in Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments, which aims not only […]
Ten injured in Etna volcano explosion in Italy
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Ten people were injured by flying rock and lava after Mount Etna, Europe’s biggest active volcano, burst into life on Thursday, according to a BBC journalist and others caught up in a terrifying drama on the upper slopes. The 10 suffered minor burns, cuts and bruises and six were hospitalized. German volcanologist Boris Behncke described on his Facebook page how the explosion was triggered by a build-up of steam after molten […]





