MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Thursday said it recorded 17 volcanic earthquakes in the Taal Volcano over the last 24 hours.
In its latest advisory, Phivolcs said that of the 17 tremors, 16 had durations of one to 36 minutes, with one low-frequency earthquake.
Meanwhile, Philvolcs is also monitoring a low-level background tremor that has persisted since July 7.
Phivolcs said the volcano’s sulfur dioxide (S02) emission averaged 3,755 tonnes on July 14, after it emitted SO2 reaching 1,800 meters and drifted southwest.
Alert Level 3, which was raised on July 1 after Taal Volcano had a phreatomagmatic eru…
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