Kanlaon Volcano’s activities are becoming less intense, says Phivolcs
ASH AND DEBRIS A plume of ash and volcanic debris are seen rising 4 kilometers high from the vent of Kanlaon Volcano. This image was captured from Bago City in Negros Occidental on Tuesday. (Photo by Associated Press)
MANILA, Philippines — Lesser number of earthquakes and a lower level of sulfur dioxide emission were observed in Kanlaon Volcano located in Negros Island.
This information is based on the data released by state seismologists.
Alert level three remained hoisted over the volcano.
In its bulletin issued on Friday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said 11 volcanic earthquakes were recorded by their monitoring stations in the last 24 hours.
Apart from this, only 1,959 tons of sulfur dioxide were released by the volcano during the same period.
State seismologists said the Kanlaon volcano continued to emit moderate level of plumes which reached 150 meters tall and drifted northwest.
Figures from Phivolcs on Friday showed all of these developments point to lesser activities than what was previously recorded.
The agency on Thursday reported that the volcano had 12 volcanic earthquakes in the last 24 hours.
Its sulfur dioxide emission was also measured at 2,202 tons, with plumes reaching 200 meters high, drifting southwest.
An explosive eruption at the summit vent of Kanlaon took place at 5:51 a.m. on April 8.
The eruption produced a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall that drifted southwest.
Earlier, Phivolcs Director Teresito Bacolcol said there is still no clear timeline on when Kanlaon’s activities would continue.
He added in the history of Kanlaon, it only emitted lava once and it happened in 1092.
“Sana hindi [maulit]. We don’t want that to happen,” Bacolcol said.
(We hope it doesn’t happen again. We don’t want that to happen.)
“Although kung mangyari man lang, we are hoping na katulad man lang sa nangyari sa Mayon Volcano noong 2023 na effusive eruption lamang — mabagal na pagdaloy ng lava. Hindi siya explosive eruption,” he explained.
(Although if it happens, we are hoping that it will only be similar to that of Mayon Volcano’s 2023 effusive eruption — with its lava only slowly coming out of its crater and not an explosive eruption.)
