Kanlaon Volcano quakes and sulfur dioxide flux decrease again

Kanlaon Volcano quakes, sulfur dioxide flux decrease again – Phivolcs

/ 08:59 AM June 11, 2024

Kanlaon Volcano quakes, sulfur dioxide flux decrease again – Phivolcs

This handout photo taken and released on June 5, 2024, by the Office of the Protected Area Superintendent of Mount Kanlaon Natural Park shows a resident wading through lahar from the eruption of Mount Kanlaon volcano along a road in Biaknabato village in La Castellana municipality, Negros Occidental province. (Photo by Handout, Office of the Protected Area Superintendent of Mount Kanlaon Natural Park, Agence France Presse)

MANILA, Philippines — Kanlaon Volcano has continued to register fewer earthquakes and sulfur dioxide flux during the latest 24-hour monitoring of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

According to Phivolcs, only three volcanic earthquakes were recorded from Monday (June 10) midnight to Tuesday (June 11) midnight. A day before, six earthquakes were recorded at the volcano.

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The state seismologist said they started to observe a sharp decrease in volcanic tremors from midnight (June 9) on Sunday to midnight on Monday.

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Previously, Kanlaon’s volcanic earthquakes were in the double digits.

Phivolcs also said the volcano discharged a 500-meter tall plume with “moderate emission” and 2,249 metric tons of sulfur dioxide flux during its 24-hour surveillance.

Kanlaon Volcano, or Mt, Kanlaon in the Negros Island, erupted on June 3 and has since been placed under Alert Level 2 by the state seismologist.

Its explosion and the consequent rain-induced lahar flow have contaminated water sources and resulted in significant losses in Negros Island’s agriculture, according to local officials.

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