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199 rockfall events recorded in Mayon in past 24 hours - Phivolcs

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Courtesy of Joel Rey Lim" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/06/08/20230608-mayon-lava1.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of Joel Rey Lim</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATE</strong>) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Friday it recorded 199 rockfall events in Mayon Volcano in the past 24 hours.</p><p>According to Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol, the rockfall events more than doubled from the 98 it detected between June 7 and 8.</p><p>State seismologists also recorded 6 pyroclastic density current events, which lasted for 4 to 5 minutes.</p><p>&quot;This would imply that there&#x27;s a continuous supply of magma to the surface, dislodging old and new portions of the lava dome,&quot; Bacolcol told ANC&#x27;s &quot;Headstart&quot;.</p><p>A crater glow was also observed over Mayon Volcano on Thursday night, which meant &quot;superheated gas [was] coming out of the crater which produced this glow,&quot; he added.</p><p>Phivolcs said that while Mayon Volcano is already ripe for another eruption this year, seismologists hoped the imminent eruption would change its course.</p><p>&quot;The difference right now is that we don&#x27;t see high amount of sulfur dioxide so we are actually hoping for a 2014 scenario, which is just rockfall events followed by short lava flow and then it stopped. Hopefully it will not go the way of the 2018 activity,&quot; Bacolcol said.</p><p>&quot;Mt. Mayon is being replenished. Mayon Volcano is actually, the earliest would be 3 years after the last eruption and the latest would be 10 years after the last eruption. The last time it erupted was 2018 and it&#x27;s been 5 years now. So, again we&#x27;re on the range,&quot; he added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/06/09/23/evacuation-sa-loob-ng-6-km-radius-ng-bulkang-mayon-sisimulan-na">Evacuation sa loob ng 6-km radius ng Bulkang Mayon sisimulan na</a></li></ul><div><strong>&#x27;COINCIDENCE 3 VOLCANOES BECAME ACTIVE&#x27;</strong></div><p>Phivolcs appealed for calm as 3 volcanoes simultaneously showed signs of increased activity.</p><p>Aside from Mayon, Taal and Mt. Kanlaon are both under Alert Level 1.</p><p>But Phivolcs said the scenario is not out of the ordinary.</p><p>The public though is still advised to remain vigilant, and heed calls for evacuation.</p><p>&quot;We have 24 active volcanoes. There&#x27;s always this possibility that 1 or 2 volcanoes would be restive and would show some activity simultaneously. So, this is not surprising,&quot; Bacolcol said.</p><p>In a separate briefing, the official said the volcanoes&#x27; activities were &quot;independent of each other.&quot; This was also not the reason for the recent earthquakes felt in other parts of the country. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2667413" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>&quot;Wala po iyan (connection). Again, iyong bulkan galing po sa magma, iyong mga lindol po natin…may dalawang klaseng lindol tayo – may volcanic earthquake at saka tectonic earthquake,&quot; said Bacolcol. </p><p>(That is not connected. The volcanic earthquakes are caused by magma. We have two kinds of earthquakes – the volcanic and the tectonic earthquakes.)</p><p>&quot;So, kapag tumataas iyong magma natin ay nagkakaroon tayo ng mga volcanic earthquakes pero iyong mga volcanic earthquakes na ito can only be felt doon sa vicinity ng bulkan,&quot; he said. </p><p>(So if the magma increases, we will have volcanic earthquakes but this can only be felt in the volcano&#x27;s vicinity.) </p><p>Tectonic earthquakes, meanwhile, are produced by sudden movement along faults and plate boundaries. The Philippines has 175 active fault segments capable of generating earthquakes, the Phivolcs chief said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/23/tingnan-pagputok-ng-lava-ng-bulkang-mayon-sa-gabi">TINGNAN: Pagputok ng lava ng Bulkang Mayon sa gabi</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2665733" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Friday it recorded 199 rockfall events in Mayon Volcano in the past 24 hours.