Phivolcs: No recent volcanic earthquake detected from Taal Volcano

Taal Volcano as seen from Tagaytay City ( 📷:Niño Jesus Orbeta/Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday reported that it did not detect any volcanic earthquake from Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours.

In a bulletin issued at 8 a.m., Phivolcs said activity at Taal Volcano was dominated by the generation of plumes 900 meters tall that drifted east and southeast.

Meanwhile, sulfur dioxide emission averaged 213 tons on Wednesday.

“Temperature highs of 63.7°C were last measured from the Main Crater Lake on 25 February 2022,” said Phivolcs.

Alert Level 3 was earlier raised over Taal Volcano on March 26 after it recorded a series of phreatomagmatic bursts.

Phivolcs lowered the alert level from 3 to 2 on April 9 “to reflect the overall decreasing trend in the level of monitoring parameters.”

It also noted that unrest at the volcano has “markedly declined.”

Under Alert Level 2 or “decreased unrest,” sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes, ash fall and lethal accumulations or bursts of volcanic gas can occur and threaten areas within the Taal Volcano Island and along its coast, Phivolcs said.

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