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...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental province on Saturday morning, June 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was registered at 4:52 a.m. and its epicentre was traced 357 kilometers (kms) southeast of Balut...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported a 4.5 magnitude earthquake in Davao Occidental on Saturday, June 17. (Photo credit to Phivolcs) The earthquake occurred at 4:52 a.m., 357 kilometers southeast of Balut Island, Municipality of Sarangani, Davao Occidental....
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has so far recorded 34 aftershocks following the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Calatagan, Batangas on June 15. As of 12 p.m., Friday, June 16, Phivolcs had detected 34 aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 1.4 to 3.1. Of...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that “very slow” lava effusion from the summit crater of Mayon Volcano continued for the fifth night on Thursday, June 15, resulting in increased events of rockfall and pyroclastic density current (PDC). In a bulletin issued...
