A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Occidental Mindoro at 12:03 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) advised. Magnitude = 4 .2 | Depth = 003 km | Location = 13 .51°N , 120 .79°E - 010 km N 40° E of Abra De Ilog (Occidental Mindoro ) ...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-four earthquake jolted Surigao del Norte on Saturday morning, June 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was registered at 2:04 a.m. and its epicenter was 19 kilometers (kms) northeast of Claver, Surigao del Norte....
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...
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...
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...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.2 earthquake jolted Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte before dawn on Monday, June 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake occurred at 1:33 a.m. and its epicenter was 61 kilometers northeast of Burgos town in Siargao...
Mayon Volcano’s current state is “largely similar” to its 2014 eruption based on the parameters observed over the previous week, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). “Low-rate effusive eruption of degassed lava has been transpiring for the past week...
More lava flows and collapsed debris from the Mayon Volcano's ongoing "non-explosive" eruption have cascaded down the summit crater for a distance of 1.5 and 3.3 kilometers, respectively, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, June 18. The "very slow...
VIGAN CITY – A moderately strong tectonic earthquake with a strength of 5.6 magnitude rocked the provinces in extreme Northern Luzon on Saturday night, but no damage initially reported here. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported that the quake occurred at...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that a magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted Cagayan on Saturday, June 17. (Photo credit to Phivolcs) In its latest bulletin, Phivolcs reported that the earthquake's epicenter was traced at 15 kilometers northwest of Dalupiri...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, June 19, reported that "very slow" lava continues to flow in Mayon where an alert level 3 remained hoisted in the areas of Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ). Â (Photo credit to ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) In its latest...
