Rotational sensor on Etna volcano: What can we learn about volcano-seismic events?

Rotational sensors have been deployed on several volcanoes worldwide including Kilauea, Stromboli, Etna and a few volcanoes in Iceland. Within this presentation we focus on our first experiment using a rotational sensor on Etna in Italy. We recorded the volcanic activity including degassing and vigorous strombolian activity in August to September 2019. We compare our results using a rotational sensor with a normal Trillium Compact seismometer and the seismic network maintained by the INGV. We detect LP events, VT events and volcanic tremor, study the wavefield and back azimuths of the events and derive phase velocities of the ground. Luckily, we were able to assess the quality of our results using the detailed earthquake catalogues and locations derived at the INGV. We can easily detect changes in the wavefield e. g. when strong strombolian activity kicks in and are looking forward to applications on other volcanoes where details of the volcanic activity or changes might go unnoticed if no rotational sensor is present.