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Phivolcs captures 'crater glow' at Mayon
Phivolcs captures 'crater glow' at Mayon
ABS-CBN News
Published Jun 09, 2023 10:17 PM PHT

MANILA - A "crater glow" has been observed at the Mayon Volcano in Albay on Friday, hours after the provincial government declared a state of calamity.
MANILA - A "crater glow" has been observed at the Mayon Volcano in Albay on Friday, hours after the provincial government declared a state of calamity.
In the photo tweeted by Phivolcs, Mayon's crater glow, or "banaag" can be seen around the volcano's dome. The picture was captured around 7 p.m, it said.
In the photo tweeted by Phivolcs, Mayon's crater glow, or "banaag" can be seen around the volcano's dome. The picture was captured around 7 p.m, it said.
LOOK: Photo of the Mayon Volcano crater at around 7:00 PM tonight, 9 June 2023,exhibiting crater glow or "banaag" around its summit lava dome. 28 relatively smaller rockfall events and zero volcanic earthquakes have been detected by the Mayon Volcano Network since 5:00 AM today. pic.twitter.com/CyI7louWSx
— PHIVOLCS-DOST (@phivolcs_dost) June 9, 2023
LOOK: Photo of the Mayon Volcano crater at around 7:00 PM tonight, 9 June 2023,exhibiting crater glow or "banaag" around its summit lava dome. 28 relatively smaller rockfall events and zero volcanic earthquakes have been detected by the Mayon Volcano Network since 5:00 AM today. pic.twitter.com/CyI7louWSx
— PHIVOLCS-DOST (@phivolcs_dost) June 9, 2023
"(Twenty-eight) relatively smaller rockfall events and zero volcanic earthquakes have been detected by the Mayon Volcano Network since 5:00 AM today," the seismology agency said.
"(Twenty-eight) relatively smaller rockfall events and zero volcanic earthquakes have been detected by the Mayon Volcano Network since 5:00 AM today," the seismology agency said.
Phivolcs said it observed 3 fast-moving avalanches of volcanic ash, rock and gases, known as pyroclastic density currents, on Mayon's slopes on Thursday.
Phivolcs said it observed 3 fast-moving avalanches of volcanic ash, rock and gases, known as pyroclastic density currents, on Mayon's slopes on Thursday.
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It earlier placed the volcano under Alert Level 3, which meant "increased tendency towards hazardous eruption."
It earlier placed the volcano under Alert Level 3, which meant "increased tendency towards hazardous eruption."
Thousands of residents around its 6-kilometer permanent danger zone and nearby areas have been evacuated, local officials said.
Thousands of residents around its 6-kilometer permanent danger zone and nearby areas have been evacuated, local officials said.
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