PHIVOLCS Shares Real-time IP Camera Snapshots of Taal

March 10, 2021729 views0

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has shared on its social media real-time IP camera snapshots of the Taal Main Crater and Taal Volcano Island.

The images were captured at around 10:00 AM today, March 10, 2021 (Wednesday).

Yesterday, March 9, 2021, PHIVOLCS raised the alert status of Taal from alert level 1 to alert level 2 due to elevated seismicity and increasing acidity of the Main Crater Lake.

LOOK: Real-time IP Camera snapshots of Taal Main Crater and the Taal Volcano Island at around 10:00 AM. The Alert Level was raised to Alert Level 2 yesterday, 9 March 2021, due to elevated seismicity and increasing acidity of the Main Crater Lake. pic.twitter.com/xdauOhryNZ

— PHIVOLCS-DOST (@phivolcs_dost) March 10, 2021

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Taal Volcano Bulletin

In the 8:00 AM update of PHIVOLCS today, Taal has recorded 51 volcanic earthquakes and 41 volcanic tremor episodes that lasted 1 to 4 minutes in the past 24-hours.

PHIVOLCS added that “activity at the Main Crater consisted of weak emission of steam-laden plumes from fumarolic vents that rose 5 meters high. Temperature highs of 71.8°C and pH of 1.59 were last measured from the Main Crater Lake respectively on 04 March and 12 February 2021.”

Furthermore, Taal is at Alert Level 2 (increased unrest) and the public is reminded that the following can occur and threaten areas within the Taal Volcano Island (TVI):

sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions
volcanic earthquakes
minor ashfall
lethal accumulations or expulsions of volcanic gas

PHIVOLCS Reminders

Entry into TVI, Taal’s Permanent Danger Zone or PDZ, especially the vicinities of the Main Crater and the Daang Kastila fissure, must remain strictly prohibited.
Local government units are advised to continuously assess and strengthen the preparedness of previously evacuated barangays around Taal Lake in case of renewed unrest.
Civil aviation authorities must advise pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano as airborne ash and ballistic fragments from sudden explosions and wind-remobilized ash may pose hazards to aircraft.

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Source: PHIVOLCS | FB, Taal Volcano Bulletin