Phivolcs spots steaming fissure vents along popular Taal Volcano trail  | Inquirer News

Phivolcs spots steaming fissure vents along popular Taal Volcano trail 

By: - Reporter / @KHallareINQ
/ 08:25 AM February 07, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology  (Phivolcs) on Friday said that it monitored “weak” steaming of fissure vents along the Daang Kastila trail, a popular tourist trail used for trekking to Taal Volcano.

In its 8 a.m. bulletin, Phivolcs added that the steaming of fissure vents along the trail is currently ongoing.

A fissure, as defined by the United States Geological Services, is an “elongated fracture or crack at the surface from which lava erupts.”

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The Daang Kastila, according to Phivolcs, is less than three kilometers from Taal’s main crater ridge view deck.

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The trail was also the site where a man “vlogged” his experience about going to Taal Volcano Island, which, later on, Phivolcs chief Dr. Renato Solidum admonished as the popular trail is considered as a “dangerous spot.”

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The activity in the main crater, meanwhile, was described as “moderate” emission of steam rising 200 to 300 meters high which drifted southwest.

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Sulfur dioxide emission was recorded as “below instrumental detection” due to weak plume activity.

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Phivolcs added that the Taal Volcano Network recorded 118 volcanic earthquakes, which included five low-frequency events and one harmonic tremor that lasted less than three minutes.

Alert Level 3 remains hoisted over Taal Volcano, meaning “sudden steam-driven and even weak phreatomagmatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes, ashfall, and lethal volcanic gas expulsions can still occur and threaten areas within Taal Volcano Island and nearby lake shores.”

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“DOST-Phivolcs recommends that entry into the Taal Volcano Island as well as into areas over Taal Lake and communities west of the island within a seven-kilometer radius from the main crater must be strictly prohibited,” Phivolcs added.

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