LEGAZPI CITY – The provincial government of Albay, through the Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), on Wednesday issued a preparedness advisory after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported changes in Mayon Volcano that...
Two phreatic eruptions, both lasting two minutes, transpired at Taal Volcano on early Thursday morning, Dec. 4, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The agency said the eruptions occurred at the Taal main crater at 12:58 a.m., and 1:04 a.m. “These events...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Davao Oriental at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its initial bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake’s epicenter was located 41 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso, at a depth of 26...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, Nov. 24, issued a lahar advisory for Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island, warning that heavy rainfall from Tropical Depression Verbena may trigger dangerous sediment flows and lahars on its slopes. Citing the 11 a.m. Tropical...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, Nov. 23, reported a brief phreatomagmatic eruption at the Main Crater of Taal Volcano, which produced a grayish plume that rose around 750 meters. Phivolcs said the activity occurred from 9:48 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., based on...
A minor ash emission was observed at Kanlaon Volcano on Friday morning, Nov. 21, with the activity lasting for about eight minutes before ceasing at 7:20 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said the ash emission began at 7:12 a.m., producing...
Taal Volcano produced a brief phreatomagmatic burst on Wednesday morning, Nov. 12, sending grayish plumes above the Main Crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The three-minute event, from 6:51 a.m. to 6:54 a.m., generated plumes that rose up to 2,800 meters...
With Typhoon Uwan unleashing intense to torrential rainfall across Bicol, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, Nov. 8, cautioned residents in Albay against possible life-threatening lahar flows from Mayon Volcano. Citing state weather bureau PAGASA’s...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Saturday morning, November 1, according to the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs). In its Earthquake Information No. 1 issued at 8:49 a.m., Phivolcs said the tremor was...
Kanlaon Volcano emitted a grayish ash plume reaching up to 300 meters above its summit crater on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 30, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Time-lapse footage from the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory in Canlaon City’s IP camera showed the...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it has maintained Alert Level 1 (low-level unrest) over Taal Volcano even after a series of short-lived eruptions were recorded over the weekend. Four minor eruptions, which include three phreatomagmatic bursts and one phreatic...
Taal Volcano in Batangas had a series of minor eruptions on Sunday, Oct. 26, with one phreatic and two phreatomagmatic explosions recorded at its Main Crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the phreatic eruption occurred at 2:55 a.m., followed...
