A 20-minute ash emission was observed at Kanlaon Volcano’s crater, state seismologists confirmed on Thursday.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), in a post on X (formerly Twitter) shared a timelapse footage of the ash emission at the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano that occurred from 12:37 p.m. and ended at 12:57 p.m. on October 30.
‘This event generated grayish plumes that rose up to 300 meters above the crater before drifting to the general west as recorded by the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory – Canlaon City IP Camera,’ said Phivolcs.
The volcano is under Alert Level 2, which means that entry into its four-kilometer permanent danger zone remains prohibited.
Sudden steam-driven or phreatic eruptions, as well as precursory magmatic activities, are also possible at this alert level.