LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Fifty-two barangays in the municipalities of Camalig and Guinobatan and the city of Ligao in Albay province were affected by heavy ashfall due to the Mayon Volcano eruption on Saturday. The Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office said 18 barangays in Guinobatan,...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Sunday, May 3, the mobilization of their personnel and resources to assist Albay residents who were affected by the heavy ashfall from the Mayon Volcano. Nartatez said the focus is on evacuation and...
Low-level volcanic unrest continued at Taal Volcano after two brief steam-driven eruptions were detected within a 24-hour observation period, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said its monitoring from 12 a.m. on April 25 to 12 a.m. on April 26...
A total of 101 volcano-tectonic earthquakes have been recorded at Bulusan Volcano since 4:50 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, indicating increased seismic activity at the restive volcano, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the earthquakes,...
A very weak, minor phreatic or steam-driven eruption occurred at Taal Volcano on Tuesday evening, April 21, producing a plume that rose about 100 meters above the Main Crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Time-lapse footage captured the brief event...
Continued volcanic activity at Mayon has reached 91 consecutive days, marked by a sustained effusive eruption with persistent lava flows, intermittent lava fountaining, and ash emissions, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Short-lived lava fountaining...
Monitoring data showed notable activity across three of the country’s most active volcanoes in the past 24 hours, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). At Taal Volcano in Batangas, a “very weak” phreatic or steam-driven eruption was observed at 3:08...
Mayon Volcano continued its effusive (non-explosive) eruption for the 82nd consecutive day, with minor explosive activity recorded on the evening of March 27, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs observed minor strombolian activity at 8:23 p.m. and 8:40...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday, March 17 noted a spike in seismic activity at Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon, raising the likelihood of a steam-driven or phreatic eruption in the coming hours or days. In an advisory, Phivolcs said a total of 90 volcanic...
Kanlaon Volcano had a moderately explosive eruption on Sunday, March 15, sending ash billowing out of the summit, marking the volcano’s third eruption this year, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the eruption occurred at 6:07 p.m., generating a...
A minor strombolian eruption was observed at Mayon Volcano on Sunday morning, March 15, as the volcano’s ongoing effusive eruption entered its 69th consecutive day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In an advisory, the agency said the activity occurred from...
Effusive unrest at Mayon Volcano reached its 60th day on Friday, March 6, with persistent lava flows, volcanic earthquakes, and occasional explosive bursts, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its latest bulletin, Phivolcs said monitoring from 12 a.m. on March...
