Two phreatic bursts occurred in Taal Volcano between Thursday, June 29, and Friday, June 30, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). It defines a phreatic burst as a steam-driven explosion that occurs when water beneath the ground or on the surface is directly heated...
Taal Volcano had a phreatic or steam-driven burst around 12:54 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the phreatic burst, which lasted two minutes and 52 seconds, generated a 250-meter-high white plume before drifting...
Lava continues to cascade down the slopes of the erupting Mayon Volcano, based on the latest monitoring of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the “very slow” lava effusion from the crater of Mayon Volcano has persisted between Wednesday, June 28,...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded 372 rockfall occurrences in Mayon Volcano between 5 a.m., Tuesday, June 27, and 5 a.m. Wednesday, June 28. The “very slow” effusion of lava from Mayon Volcano occasionally causes the lava front to collapse, resulting in...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Mayon Volcano had recorded 5,000 rockfall events and 120 pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) in less than a month. “As of 11 p.m., June 26, the Mayon Volcano Network had detected 5,219 rockfall events and 128 pyroclastic...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) began to notice an increase in the frequency of weak and shallow volcanic earthquakes in Mayon Volcano. “An increasing number of weak and shallow volcanic earthquakes began on June 24, 2023 and steadily increased to 102 volcanic...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded 102 volcanic earthquakes in Mayon between 5 a.m. on Sunday, June 25, and 5 a.m. on Monday, June 26, more than quadrupling the number of events that were recorded in the previous 24 hours. The 24-hour monitoring of the...
Mayon Volcano continued to show “high-level unrest” with the occurrence of some dome collapse pyroclastic density current (PDC), rockfalls, and volcanic earthquakes during the 24-hour monitoring of the restive volcano in Albay, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)...
The restive Mayon Volcano remains at alert level 3 due to a relatively high level of unrest, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Saturday morning, June 24. The restive Mayon Volcano spews steam-laden plumes visible from Sumlang Lake in Camalig and Legazpi City...
The effusive eruption of Mayon Volcano resulted in more rockfalls and lava dome collapses between Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23, data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) showed. Phivolcs defines effusive or “quiet” eruption as the outpouring of lava...
The Philippine government is considering downgrading the Alert Level status for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Myanmar amid political unrest in the Asian nation. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said Thursday, June 22, that the government is seeking the...
Mayon Volcano continued to show signs of heightened activity between Wednesday, June 21, and Thursday, June 22, recording a “very slow” lava effusion, 299 rockfall events, and eight dome-collapse pyroclastic density currents (PDCs), based on the monitoring of the Philippine Institute of...
