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Upwelling or rising of “hot volcanic fluids” in Main Crater Lake reported (Eagle News) — Taal Volcano spewed its “highest level of volcanic sulfur dioxide” on Saturday, July 3, with emissions that averaged 14,699 tons, contributing to more extensive volcanic smog or vog that is hazardous to health. “This is a notice of high volcanic SO2 gas emission from Taal Volcano,” said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Saturday night, 8 […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — More than 2,000 people have fled from a volcano eruption that has filled the air near the Philippine capital with toxic gas, officials said Saturday. Taal volcano, which sits in a picturesque lake, has been belching sulphur dioxide for several days, creating a thick haze over Manila and several surrounding provinces, and prompting health warnings. At least 2,400 people have left their homes since the government called for evacuations of […]
(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)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as it continued its seismic activity. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the Taal Volcano Network recorded 182 volcanic earthquakes including one low-frequency event and one harmonic tremor that lasted 3 minutes. “These earthquakes signify magmatic activity beneath the Taal edifice that could lead to eruptive activity at the main crater,” PHIVOLCS said. According to PHIVOLCS, activity in the main crater in the past […]
(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 […]
