Phivolcs records 'more energetic' activity in Mayon Volcano

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — The eruptive activity at Mayon Volcano intensified Monday night as state volcanologists recorded what they described as the volcano’s “more energetic strombolian activity” since the current unrest began.

In a late evening advisory on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the volcano threw out large incandescent ballistic fragments and fed active lava flows along the Mi-isi Gully in Daraga town and Bonga Gully in Legazpi City in Albay province.

The agency recorded the activities at 08:29 p.m., 09:30 p.m., 09:59 p.m. and 10:58 p.m.

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Phivolcs maintained Alert Level 3 at the volcano, indicating that magmatic unrest remains relatively high and that hazardous eruptions remain possible.

The agency reiterated that the six-kilometer radius permanent danger zone around the volcano must remain strictly off-limits due to the risks posed by volcanic activities. /das

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