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(Eagle News) — Twenty-eight volcanic earthquakes were monitored in Taal in the last 24 hours. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the volcanic tremors lasted for four to 12 minutes and included a low-level background tremor. Sulfur dioxide flux was pegged at 4312 tons per day. A plume reaching 2800 meters tall was also detected. Entry into the Taal volcano island and the permanent danger zone should remain prohibited, PHIVOLCS said. It […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has lowered the alert level raised over Taal volcano to 1. According to PHIVOLCS, the move was made with Taal’s condition in the past two months characterized by “baseline volcanic earthquake activity, stabilizing ground deformation of the Taal Caldera and Taal Volcano Island (TVI) edifices and weak degassing and surface activity at the Main Crater.” PHIVOLCS said the Taal Volcano Network (TVN), in particular, recorded […]
(Eagle News) — Taal’s alert level has been downgraded to 2 following what the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said was the volcano’s decreased unrest. According to PHIVOLCS, the “markedly declined” unrest followed the phreatomagmatic eruption of the main crater on March 26 and six weak phreatomagmatic bursts until March 31. PHIVOLCS said this decrease in activity was supported by the following observations: Since the March 26 eruption, only 86 small-magnitude and imperceptible volcanic […]
(Eagle News) — A phreatomagmatic burst occurred in Taal on Thursday, March 31. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the burst at the volcano, which remains on alert level 3, took place at 10:39 a.m. In its 5 a.m. advisory, PHIVOLCS said 6405 tons of sulfur dioxide flux were monitored at the volcano in the last 24 hours. Moderate thunderstorms were also monitored, with plumes reaching 1500 meters high. PHIVOLCS reminded the […]
(Eagle News) – More than 1,800 families have been affected by the ongoing volcanic activity of Taal volcano as the Philippine government prepared over P1 billion in standby funds and prepositioned food stockpiles and health-related supplies The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said 1,823 families or 6,568 persons have been affected by Taal Volcano’s activity, including sulfur dioxide emissions, among others. Taal Volcano is still under Alert Level 3 signifying magmatic […]
(Eagle News) — No volcanic earthquake was monitored at Taal in 24 hours. However, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology retained its alert level 3 over the volcano, amid what it noted was its still high activity that might signal an imminent eruption. According to PHIVOLCS, sulfur dioxide flux was pegged at 1140 tons on March 27. A plume that went as high as 1000 meters was also observed. PHIVOLCS reiterated the ban on […]
PHIVOLCS “strongly recommends” evacuation from high-risk barangays of Bilibinwang, Banyaga, others (Eagle News) — The alert level over Taal has been raised to 3 following what the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said was “nearly continuous phreatomagmatic activity that generated plumes 1500 m accompanied by volcanic earthquake and infrasound signals.” According to PHIVOLCS, the phreatomagmatic activity followed a “short-lived phreatomagmatic burst.” With the raising of the alert level from alert level 2, PHIVOLCS said […]
(Eagle News) — Forty-nine earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. This is according to a bulletin issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Saturday, March 12, a day after it said the degassing at the volcano “noticeably” became “more active.” PHIVOLCS said in an advisory on Friday, March 11, that volcanic SO2 gas emission was on an increased trend at the volcano since March 6 and peaked at 15,900 […]
(Eagle News) — Taal Volcano emitted a 1,800 meter (1.8 kilometers) tall plume due to degassing activity at its active vent and crater in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said. Taal volcano is still under Alert Level 2, meaning there is still uncreased arrest and entry into the volcano’s permanent danger zone is still prohibited. The volcano emitted at least 11,432 tons of sulfur dioxide in the past […]
(Eagle News) — Taal volcano emitted 25,456 tons on Tuesday, Oct. 5, the “highest ever recorded volcanic sulfur dioxide or SO2 gas flux,” according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. According to PHIVOLCS, SO2 emission has only averaged 8,854 tons/day since September 27 until then. “In view of the above, DOST-PHIVOLCS is reminding the public that Alert Level 2 prevails over Taal Volcano and that current SO2 parameters indicate high levels of magmatic […]
(Eagle News) — Ninety-five volcanic earthquakes were monitored in Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quakes monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 3, included 68 volcanic tremor lasting one to 17 minutes and a weak background tremor. Also monitored at the volcano was a steam plume that rose 900 meters due to the upwelling of hot volcanic gas. Sulfur dioxide emissions were also pegged at […]
(Eagle News) — Thirty-five earthquakes were monitored in Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 3, included 17 tremors that lasted for one minute to 49 minutes and a weak background tremor. Also monitored at the volcano was a plume rising up to 900 meters due to the upwelling of hot volcanic gas. Sulfur dioxide emissions were pegged at 5286 […]
