Moderate explosion hits Mt. Kanlaon
SCREEN grab from the video posted by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the moderate explosion at Mount Kanlaon in Negros Island this Thursday afternoon.
Daily TribuneSCREEN grab from the video posted by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the moderate explosion at Mount Kanlaon in Negros Island this Thursday afternoon.
PHIVOLCS
A moderate explosion was recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Thursday afternoon at Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island.
In a video released on the agency’s social media page, the volcano was seen emitting a two-kilometer-high dark gray plume at 4:38 p.m.
The volcanic activity lasted about two minutes and generated a pyroclastic density current that traveled approximately one kilometer southwest from the crater.
Despite the eruption, Mt. Kanlaon remains under Alert Level 2, a status it has maintained for the past several weeks, according to PHIVOLCS.
Entry into the volcano’s four-kilometer permanent danger zone continues to be strictly prohibited as the agency monitors Kanlaon’s activity.