Question: has mount etna ever erupted?
Answer: Since 2000, Etna has had four flank eruptions – in 2001, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, and 2008–2009. Summit eruptions occurred in 2006, 2007–2008, January–April 2012, in July–October 2012 and again in December 2018. The first known record of eruption at Etna is that of Diodorus Siculus.