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(Eagle News) — Five short phreatomagmatic eruptions were monitored in Taal in 24 hours. In its 8 a.m., bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said it recorded a series of five (5) short phreatomagmatic bursts which occurred at 06:47 AM, 06:06 PM, 09:21 PM, 09:50 PM yesterday, July 8, and 02:59 AM today, July 9, and produced short, jetted plumes that rose to 200 meters above the Main Crater Lake. PHIVOLCS also […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-one earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 3, was a plume rising up to 2,500 meters on July 3. Sulfur dioxide flux was at 14699 tons. PHIVOLCS reiterated the ban on the entry into the Taal Volcano Island and into the high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel. It also said aircraft should […]
(Eagle News)–Forty-eight earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said three small phreatomagmatic eruptions also occurred at the volcano, which remains under alert level 3. A steam plume rose to as high as 3000 meters, which contributed to the vog around Taal. Sulfur dioxide flux was at 10254 tons on July 2. PHIVOLCS reiterated the ban on the entry into the Taal volcano island and into “high-risk” […]
(Eagle News) — An alert level 3 remains over Taal with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology still monitoring “high activity.” PHIVOLCS said in 24 hours, it monitored 28 earthquakes and one “explosion-type” with low background tremor at the volcano. A steam plume reaching as high as 3,000 meters was also observed. PHIVOLCS said this was caused by the “upwelling of hot volcanic gas.” PHIVOLCS earlier recommended the evacuation of residents from “high-risk” areas […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 221 quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 29 low-frequency volcanic earthquakes and 192 volcanic tremor events with durations of one 135 minutes. Low-level background tremor has also persisted since April 8. According to PHIVOLCS, an upwelling of hot volcanic fluids and sulfur dioxide emission averaging 5,837 tons […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has raised the alert level for Filipinos in Myanmar in view of the “critical” situation in the Southeast Asian country. The DFA said the alert level was raised to number 2 as a “precautionary measure to ensure the safety of the remaining 1,273 Filipinos there.” Under the alert level, overseas Filipinos there are “strongly urged to restrict their non-essential movements, avoid places of protest and prepare for […]
