Tag: Taal advisory

PHIVOLCS: 29 volcanic quakes monitored at Taal in the past five days; alert level 1 stays

(Eagle News)–Taal volcano has had 29 volcanic earthquakes in the past five days, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said in its recent  bulletin of Taal, which remains on alert level 1, that one of the earthquakes  from Sept. 24 to 28 was  reported at Intensity II in Calaca, Batangas on Sept. 25, while two others were reported at Intensity I in nearby Agoncillo, Laurel and Lemery, Batangas. Based on the PHIVOLCS […]

Alert level 3 still hoisted over Taal as steam emissions, quakes continue

(Eagle News)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as it continues to spew steam-laden plumes and its seismic activity, and steaming continued to be observed in vent fissures. The Philippine Institute of  Volcanology and Seismology said the moderate emission of the white to dirty white steam-laden plumes rising 200 to 300m high took place in the last 24 hours. PHIVOLCS said the steaming was currently ongoing in the fissure vents along the Daang Kastila […]