81 quakes rattle Kanlaon Volcano

81 quakes rattle Kanlaon Volcano

BACOLOD CITY—Eighty-one volcano-tectonic earthquakes were recorded at Kanlaon Volcano in just 10 hours, prompting a warning from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) of a possible steam-driven or moderately explosive eruption. The quakes, which occurred between midnight and 10 a.m. on Thursday, ranged from magnitude 0.1 to 2.9 and were detected at depths of 0 to 6 kilometers beneath the volcano’s northwestern slopes.…

PHIVOLCS raises possibility of volcanic event at Kanlaon

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology raised a possibility of a volcanic event, following the occurrence of 81 volcano-tectonic quakes, which started early Thursday morning, according to PHIVOLCS Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction Division Chief Ma. Antonia… The post PHIVOLCS raises possibility of volcanic event at Kanlaon appeared first on Visayan Daily Star.

85 Kanlaon quakes make eruption more imminent, police secure PDZ

An explosive eruption or more ash emission at Kanlaon Volcano has become more imminent with 85 volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes recorded from 12 a.m. Wednesday to 12 p.m. Thursday, October 16, a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) official said. “The chances of such activity are increasing, it could happen any time, but we cannot […]