Taal Volcano in Batangas continued to manifest heightened activity with two tremor episodes and weak emission of steam-laden plumes in the past 24 hours.
In its volcano bulletin issued yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the two tremors have durations of 45 to 131 seconds, while the white steam-laden plumes coming from Taal Volcano’s fumaroles or opening were observed up to 10 meters.
Temperature highs of 77.1 degrees Celsius and pH of 1.59 were last measured from the main crater lake on Feb. 12, Phivolcs said.
Ground deformation parameters from continuous electronic tilt on the volcano island also recorded a slight deflation around the main crater since October 2020, but overall, very slow and steady inflation of the Taal region has been recorded by continuous GPS data after the eruption, State seismologists said. (Gabriela Baron)