TAAL VOLCANO (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Taal Volcano continues its emission of high levels of sulfur dioxide causing hazardous volcanic smog or "vog" within the area, based on the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology's (Phivolcs) bulletin on Sunday, Aug. 15. Phivolcs defines vog as...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Steam plumes and volcanic smog or "vog" produced by the upwelling of hot volcanic fluids have been observed over Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday, Aug. 13. Phivolcs said the activity at...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded 141 volcanic earthquakes over Taal Volcano in Batangas in the past 24 hours. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Of the number, 121 are volcanic tremor events with durations of two to 30 minutes, 17 are low-frequency...
(SCREENGRAB FROM PHIVOLCS) Taal Volcano's main crater has resumed degassing of steam-rich plume after a pause of 16 days, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Wednesday, Aug. 11. "Activity at the main crater was dominated by upwelling of hot volcanic fluids in...
(SCIENTIFIC REPORTS / NATURE WEBSITE) Vegetated areas in the southeast section of the Taal Volcano Island were reduced to a desert dune field after the January 2020 eruption, a study conducted by the University of the Philippines (UP), Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU), and Agriculture...
TAAL VOLCANO (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday evening, July 23, lowered Taal Volcano's status to Alert Level 2 after it showed "a cessation of eruptive activity." Taal Volcano had a phreatomagmatic eruption on July 1 prompting...
TAAL VOLCANO (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday, July 23, said it detected a total of 95 earthquakes in Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours. Of the 95 earthquakes, 88 were volcanic tremor events having durations of one to 17...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Thursday, July 22, that over 1,000 families affected by Taal Volcano’s unrest remained in evacuation centers. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1, 2021 after a...
A white steam-laden plume was seen billowing out from Taal Volcano on July 4, 2021. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Taal Volcano continues to emit "high" levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2) that generated steam-rich plumes rising 2.1 kilometers above the main crater of Taal Volcano in the...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, July 17, said Taal Volcano had a total of 99 volcanic earthquakes in the last 24 hours. It said that 90 were volcanic tremor events having durations of one to 11 minutes and nine were...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) A total of 22 volcanic earthquakes, including 18 volcanic tremor events having durations of one to 11 minutes, four low-frequency volcanic earthquakes, and low-level background tremor that has persisted since July 7, have been detected at Taal Volcano in the past 24...
Taal Volcano in Batangas continues to emit high levels of sulfur dioxide in the past 24-hour period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Phivolcs said sulfur dioxide emission averaged 3,755 tonnes per day on July 14, while steam-rich...
