Another ‘short-lived’ phreatic event occurs at Taal Volcano


The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said another short-lived phreatic event was observed in the Taal Main Crater, as recorded by the Main Crater Observation Station (VTMC) on Saturday, April 20. 

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(Phivolcs)

It said the event happened at 11:02 a.m. and lasted about five minutes. 

Following the two successive phreatic eruptions that occurred at past 9 a.m. on April 20, the event produced a 300-meter-high white steam plume drifting northwest.

Read: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/18/phivolcs-records-short-lived-phreatic-eruptions-over-taal-volcano-1

Phivolcs said Taal Volcano remained under Alert Level 1, which means that it is still in an “abnormal” state.