MANILA, Philippines — A “short-lived” phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at the main crater of Taal Volcano on Wednesday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
“At 5:18 AM today, a short-lived phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at Main Crater and generated a grayish plume that rose 300 meters before drifting southeast,” Phivolcs said in its bulletin.
Phivolcs said that in the past 24-hour period, the Taal Volcano Network recorded 55 volcanic earthquakes, including one “explosion-type” earthquake, 44 low frequency volcanic earthquakes, five volcanic tremor events having durations of two to five minutes, five hybrid earthquakes an…
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