The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, July 14 recorded a 5.0-magnitude quake that struck Davao Occidental. Phivolcs Based on Phivolcs’ data, the earthquake struck at 12:12 a.m., with an epicenter 134 kilometers (km) southeast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental....
Photo from Pixabay The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday, July 11 warned anew of escalating sulfur dioxide emissions from Taal Volcano and raised concerns over "vog," or volcanic smog, and the health of nearby communities. In the Phivolcs advisory issued at 6...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that there is "no tsunami threat" to the country following a strong earthquake that struck offshore of Sultan Kudarat on Thursday morning, July 11. Phivolcs Phivolcs said the 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck at 10:13 a.m....
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday, July 11, recorded a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Sultan Kudarat. Phivolcs Based on Phivolcs’ data, the earthquake struck at 10:13 a.m., with an epicenter 133 kilometers (km) west of Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Initially,...
Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a moderately strong earthquake, measuring 5.0-magnitude on the Richter scale, struck Northern Samar on Sunday, July 7. Phivolcs recorded the tremor at 12:01 a.m. and located its epicenter 10 kilometers northwest of Lope...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, July 6, recorded a 5.3-magnitude quake that struck Cagayan. Phivolcs Based on Phivolcs’ data, the earthquake struck at 6:29 p.m., with an epicenter 117 kilometers (km) northwest of Calayan, Cagayan. It noted that the...
IP Camera snapshots of Kanlaon Volcano around 3 p.m. on July 2, 2024, taken from the observation stations in Canlaon City (KVO-CC; left) and Mansalanao, La Castellana (VKMN; right). (Phivolcs/Facebook) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has detected a significant...
IP camera snapshots of Kanlaon Volcano around 3 p.m. on July 2, 2024, taken from the observation stations in Canlaon City (KVO-CC; left) and Mansalanao, La Castellana (VKMN; right). (Phivolcs/Facebook) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has again observed a...
Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Eastern Samar on Monday afternoon, July 1. According to Phivolcs data, the earthquake occurred at 1:53 p.m., with its epicenter located 31 kilometers southeast of Balangiga, Eastern...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) observed two weak phreatic events at Taal Volcano on Saturday, June 29. Taal Volcano / ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE Phivolcs noted that the steam-driven activity at the Taal Main Crater occurred at 2:31 p.m. and 2:39...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, June 29, recorded a 4.7-magnitude quake that struck Antique. Phivolcs Based on Phivolcs’ data, the earthquake struck at 5:21 a.m., with an epicenter 11 kilometers (km) northwest of Tibiao, Antique. It noted that the...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday, June 28, recorded the highest sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from Kanlaon Volcano since instrumental gas monitoring began. In its advisory released at 6:15 p.m., Phivolcs said Kanlaon Volcano’s SO2 emissions averaged...
