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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Friday, Aug. 12, warned of an increase in SO2 gas emission from Taal volcano. According to PHIVOLCS, SO2 flux since July 15 has averaged 7,818 tons/day, an increase from the average of 1,289 tons/day between May and mid-July 2022. On Thursday, Aug. 11, a total of 13,572 tons/day of volcanic sulfur dioxide was recorded on Thursday from the Taal main crater, producing “significant volcanic smog” […]
(Eagle News) — The sulfur dioxide from Taal volcano has reached Metro Manila and other nearby provinces, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS made the statement a day after it said the haze over Metro Manila as observed by the public was due to smog resulting from human activity. Data released by web portals for NASA’s Ozone Mapping Instrument (OMI) on the Aura platform and the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) […]
(Eagle News) — The sulfur dioxide emission of Taal volcano is now “below instrumental detection,” but seismic earthquakes continue, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Tuesday, Jan. 28. In its latest bulletin, PHIVOLCS said the Taal Volcano Network recorded 92 volcanic earthquakes in Taal, which remains on alert level 3, in the past 24 hours. Of these, PHIVOLCS said four of were low-frequency ones. The Philippine Seismic Network, on the other hand, […]
(Eagle News) — An alert level 4 remains hoisted over Taal volcano, as its sulfur dioxide emission spiked to an average of more than 4000 tons on Wednesday, Jan. 15. In an advisory on Thursday, Jan. 16, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the average of 4186 tons was despite the general waning of Taal’s activity in the past 24 hours, characterized by a weak emission of steam-laden plumes 700 meters high that […]
