The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Kanlaon Volcano’s emission of ash that lasted almost two hours on Wednesday, Jan. 8 had generated a plume that reached 500 meters above the summit crater,
The emission began at 10:25 a.m. and ended at 12:20 p.m.
The ash plume was observed drifting southwest, as recorded by the Integrated Volcano Monitoring Network at the Mansalanao, La Castellana station in Negros Occidental.
Phivolcs said Kanlaon Volcano also had three discrete ash emissions on Tuesday, Jan. 7, though no eruption occurred.
Despite the short-lived event, Phivolcs maintained Alert Level 3 for Kanlaon Volcano due to ongoing “magmatic unrest.”
Phivolcs warned nearby communities of the potential for sudden explosive eruptions, lava flows or effusion, ashfall, pyroclastic density currents, ballistic projectiles, rockfalls, and lahar flows during heavy rainfall.