Taal Volcano generated a “short-lived” and dark phreatomagmatic plume that reach up to one kilometer high on Thursday afternoon, July 1. Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from Phivolcs) This led the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recommended the evacuation in some areas in Batangas after Taal Volcano has been placed under Alert Level 3 on Thursday, July 1. Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised the alert status over Taal Volcano to Alert Level 3 after it generated a kilometer-high phreatomagmatic plume on Thursday, July 1. Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021....
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The haze caused by Taal's volcanic smog or "vog" has spread over Batangas as well as Metro Manila and some parts of Southern and Central Luzon, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday, June 30. Phivolcs said the volcanic...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded a magnitude 4.6 earthquake off the coast Negros Occidental on Tuesday afternoon, June 29. Phivolcs said the earthquake, which occurred at around 4:56 p.m., has originated 46 kilometers southwest of Hinoba-an,...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday afternoon, June 29, warned residents around Taal Lake against the adverse effects of Taal Volcano's smog or "vog." It said that Taal Volcano has been producing "high levels of volcanic sulfur...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has detected a 5.0-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Davao Occidental on Tuesday afternoon, June 29. Phivolcs recorded the earthquake at 3:35 p.m. and traced its epicenter at 186 kilometers southeast of Sarangani,...
News circulating that the smog experienced in Metro Manila was due to the sulfuric cloud being emitted by Taal Volcano was debunked by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST). In a Facebook post at around noon today, June 29, 2021, the agency said: “The haze...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Science and Technology Undersecretary and Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) OIC Renato Solidum Jr. said the smog observed in Metro Manila was not due to the Taal Volcano's steady emission of sulfur dioxide that caused volcanic smog or "vog"...
TAAL VOLCANO (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Taal Volcano in Batangas continued to produce high levels of volcanic sulfur dioxide and steam-rich plumes that reached 2.5 kilometers high in the past 24-hour period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Tuesday, June...
TAAL VOLCANO (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Volcanic smog or "vog" has been observed over Taal Volcano's caldera brought about by the high levels of sulfur dioxide gas emissions from the restive volcano in Batangas, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Monday,...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has detected a 5.1-magnitude earthquake in Surigao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, June 27. Phivolcs said the quake, which occurred around 3:14 p.m., originated 14 kilometers southeast of Bayabas, Surigao del Sur. It was...
