REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- A volcanic eruption began Monday night in Iceland, south of the capital Reykjavik, following an earthquake swarm, Iceland's Meteorological Office said. For weeks, the Nordic country has been on high alert for a potential eruption at any moment after a period of intense...
The lava effusion from Mayon Volcano, which began in early June and prompted the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to raise the volcano’s alert status, was still ongoing as of July 31. “Lava effusion from Mayon Volcano’s summit crater continues for the eighth...
The slow lava effusion from Mayon Volcano, which has fed lava flows in three gullies, has continued to weaken significantly over the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday, July 28. “In the past 24-hour period, there has been a marked...
The lava effusion from Mayon Volcano is still occurring slowly, feeding and enlarging existing lava flows along three gullies that run down the volcano’s slopes, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday, July 23. In the last 24 hours, Phivolcs said lava...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday, July 20 that low-frequency volcanic earthquakes (LFVQs) associated with the discrete and rapid releases of volcanic gas dominated Mayon Volcano’s eruptive activity in the past 24 hours. A total of 90 LFVQs were...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded more pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) in Mayon in the last 24 hours as a result of the collapse of the volcano's lava dome and lava front. In a bulletin released on Friday, July 7, Phivolcs said the Mayon Volcano...
Lava flowing sluggishly from the erupting Mayon Volcano has advanced to a distance of 2.8 kilometers on the southern flank of the volcano as of Tuesday, July 4, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). This was longer than the previous day’s 2.7-kilometer-long lava...
Nearly a month since Mayon Volcano exhibited increased volcanic activities, the government is ensuring that the basic needs of tens of thousands of evacuees who are living in temporary shelters are being provided, an official of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed Friday, June 30. *(File...
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) 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...
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Teresito Bacolcol is not discounting the possibility that lava flows caused by the ongoing “effusive eruption” of Mayon Volcano may breach the six-kilometer permanent danger zone. “So far 2.5 kilometers from...
Lava flow from Mayon Volcano’s effusive eruption has reached a “maximum length” of up to 2.5 kilometers from the summit crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Tuesday, June 20. Phivolcs said a “very slow effusion of lava from the summit crater of...
