But the black plume spewed forth by the volcano was "dispersed by wind" across the area of Sicily that Mount Etna looms over, the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) said in a statement.
The renewed activity has not had an impact on flights from the international airport of Catania, which sits at the foot of the volcano.
Europe's highest volcano, Mount Etna has erupted frequently over the last 500,000 years.
Its last phase of eruptions was in the 2017, while its last major one was in 2009.
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