LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices are closely monitoring the impact of the magnitude-5.6 earthquake that rocked Ilocos Norte on Monday, Dec. 30. READ:...
Screenshot of the time-lapse footage showing ash emissions from the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano, recorded between 3:53 p.m. and 4:38 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. and 10:31 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. These events produced grayish plumes that rose 100 meters above the crater before drifting west....
Phivolcs A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted Ilocos Norte on Monday morning, Dec. 30, based on the earthquake bulletin from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tremor was initially measured at magnitude 5.8. The earthquake occurred at 10:56 a.m. and its epicenter...
Kanlaon Volcano (Phivolcs file photo) Occasional ash emissions continued at Kanlaon Volcano, with two events recorded during the 24-hour period from 12 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28, to 12 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its bulletin...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices in Region 1 (Ilocos) remain on heightened alert for the possible effects of the successive offshore earthquakes in Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur in the past few days. PDRRMO-Ilocos Sur chief Rhon Arquelada said that...
This screenshot shows the ash emission from the summit of Kanlaon Volcano that occurred from 11:37 a.m. to 11:48 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. The event generated a dark 1,200-meter-tall plume that resulted in ashfall over the south and southwest sectors. Alert Level 3 remains in effect....
Mayon Volcano (Phivolcs file photo) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned about the potential danger of lahars in Albay, as the shear line continues to bring heavy rainfall over Bicol Region. Based on the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday, Dec. 24, recorded ash emission from Kanlaon Volcano again as it continues to monitor the volcano’s activities. (Screenshot from Phivolcs FB) In an advisory, Phivolcs said ash emission from the summit of Kanlaon...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas has reiterated his call to the remaining residents of Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, particularly those in the four to six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone, to leave their homes, following the increased ash emission observed from Kanlaon Volcano before...
Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Kanlaon Volcano again emitted dark ash plumes at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, following its explosive eruption on Dec. 9. The ash plume rose to about 1.2 kilometers and drifted northwest, affecting communities in...
Phivolcs The series of offshore earthquakes in Ilocos Sur has significantly decreased following a peak on Dec. 19 to 20, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, Dec. 22. Phivolcs said it began monitoring a series of earthquakes in the Manila Trench offshore...
Roads in La Castellana, Negros Occidental are rendered impassable on June 5, 2024 as rains spawned widespread lahar flow in the aftermath of the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. (Photos courtesy of Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park/via Tara Yap) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)...
