Kanlaon Volcano emits ash anew, says Phivolcs

Time-lapse footage of the crater of the Kanlaon Volcano shows ash emission on Tuesday afternoon. (Screenshot from the record of Kanlaon Volcano Observatory – VKMN IP Camera via Phivolcs/Facebook)

MANILA, Philippines — The summit crater of the Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Occidental emitted ash anew on Tuesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.

In a time-lapse footage recorded by the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory, Phivolcs said that the  ash emission occurred from 3:49 to 4:27 p.m.

“These events generated grayish plumes that rose 400 meters above the crater before drifting southwest,” the state seismologist said in its Facebook post.

However, Phivolcs told INQUIRER.net that no vog was observed from its crater.

In its 24-hour observation posted early Tuesday morning, Phivolcs said that the volcano spewed 2,524 tons of sulfur dioxide that reached 600 meters tall that drifted north-northwest and northwest.

The emission is less than the 9,277 tons of sulfur dioxide that the volcano released the day before.

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The volcano also recorded 11 volcanic earthquakes. Phivolcs previously defined volcanic earthquakes as those “generated by magmatic processes or magma-related processes beneath or near an active volcano.”

The volcano remains under Alert Level 2 or “increased unrest” where possible hazards such as sudden steam-driven or phreatic eruptions and precursory magmatic activity are possible to occur.

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Meanwhile, the Taal Volcano in Batangas erupted early Tuesday morning, generating a 2,800-meter of grayish plumes. Alert Level 1 or “low-level unrest” prevails over the volcano.