Tag: Taal eruptions

Four ‘steam-driven eruptions’ monitored at Taal on Friday: PHIVOLCS

(Eagle News)–Four minor successive phreatic or steam-driven eruptions were monitored at Taal on Friday, May 10. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the eruptions at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, occurred between 7:03 a.m. and 7:09 a.m., between 7:17 a.m. and 7:18 a.m., 7:52 a.m. and 7:54 a.m., and between 7:57 a.m. and 8 a.m. The event produced white steam-laden plumes that rose between 100 and 300 meters above the […]

PHIVOLCS: Four phreatic eruptions recorded from Taal

Alert level 1 still in place (Eagle News)–Four discrete phreatic or steam-driven eruption events were recorded from Taal on Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said the events were recorded by the Taal Volcano Network (TVN) from 9:45 a.m. to 3:22 p.m., as seen on the VTMC (Main Crater) observation station. “The eruption emanated from a new vent on the southwest side of the Taal Main Crater and generated plumes that […]