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(Eagle News)– Four volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Mayon in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, were steam and sulfur dioxide emissions, and a crater glow. PHIVOLCS said the emission of white steam-laden plumes was moderate. Sulfur dioxide emission was last measured at 450 tons–below baseline average—on December 10. The crater glow was faint and was observed last night. According […]
(Eagle News)–Three volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Mayon in 24 hours. Also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, were steam and sulfur dioxide emissions, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said the emission of white steam-laden plumes was moderate. Sulfur dioxide emission, on the other hand, was last measured at 436 tons–below baseline average—on October 29. According to PHIVOLCS, “overall, the Mayon edifice is still inflated with respect […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has lowered the alert status of Mayon Volcano. The lowering from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1 means the volcano now has a low level of unrest, which means that the likelihood of an eruption occurring within the immediate future has decreased, PHIVOLCS said. The move came after a continued decline in the monitored parameters of the volcano in Albay, even as ground deformation […]
(Eagle News)–The 24/7 construction of the Bicol International Airport will start in July. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said this was so the government could meet its target completion date of within the year for priority facilities set by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. As it is, the Bicol International Airport completion rate stands at 66.1 percent. Plans to construct the airport were started in 1996 (pre feasibility study). The Notice to Proceed was […]
(Eagle News)–Two solar panels used for monitoring Mayon Volcano were stolen from the Mayon observatory, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 6, PHIVOLCS director Renato Solidum said the panels, 150 watts each, were found to be missing by observatory personnel during a “routine inspection and preventive maintenance service” on Feb. 5. “With loss of power supply, no data will be transmitted from this station and consequently […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has hoisted a lahar advisory for Mayon Volcano in view of the expected landfall of “Tisoy” in the Bicol area. In its advisory, PHIVOLCS urged residents in “pre-determined zones of lahar hazards in Mayon Volcano” to exercise “vigilance and readiness.” “Prolonged and heavy rainfall may generate post-eruption lahars on major channels during the Mayon Volcano edifice from thick pyroclastic density current material and ashfall deposited […]
In this picture posted by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on its Facebook account, Mayon Volcano in Albay is seen emitting ash on Tuesday, March 12. PHIVOLCS said the ash emission seen in the picture taken from the Mayon Volcano Observatory on Lignon Hill took place at 3:18 p.m.
(Eagle News) — Six volcanic earthquakes and two rockfall events were recorded at Mayon Volcano in the last 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to PHIVOLCS, two of these earthquakes were related to “phreatic eruption events” that occurred at 8:11 a.m. on Thursday, March 7, and at 6:27 a.m. today. “These phreatic events generated 500- and 300-meter high grayish ash plume from the summit before drifting southwest, respectively,” PHIVOLCS said. […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has lowered the alert status of Mayon volcano, following what it said was a “general decline in unrest.” In its 8 a.m. bulletin, PHIVOLCS said the alert status was now at 2 instead of 3, considering that seismic activity has “waned,” and no new lava has been detected on the volcano’s summit crater. PHIVOLCS said Mayon’s summit glow has also diminished “from intense to faint,” and […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that it would lower the alert level for Mount Mayon if the volcano’s decreased activity would continue in the next few weeks. According to PHIVOLCS, although Mayon volcano continues to spew ash, there is no significant increase in volcanic activity for Mt. Mayon in the past few days. PHIVOLCS chief volcanologist Ed Laguerta said that although the volcano was showing […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office chief Cedric Daep has asked Congress to create a permanent relocation site for 3,000 families living near Mayon Volcano. Daep also said that the six-kilometer zone around Mayon Volcano was declared a “no-settlement zone” because of the volcano’s sudden and unpredictable activities. “We need Congress to enact a law to relocate those staying inside the permanent danger zone,” Daep said.
LEGAZPI, Albay– Tens of thousands more people have fled Mount Mayon, relief workers said Wednesday, as foreign tourists arrived to watch the flaming lava and giant clouds spurting from its crater. More than 70,000 residents are now crammed in schools and other buildings, a figure that has nearly doubled over the past three days, officials said, two weeks after the volcano in Albay began showing signs of activity. Volcanologists on Monday warned of a […]
