Posted on 07/10/2009 9:31:35 PM PDT by rdl6989
Legazpi City (10 July) -- Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised today Mayon Volcano's alert status from Level 1 (low level unrest) to Level 2 (moderate unrest) after it manifested increasing volcanic quakes, swelling of its edifice and intense crater glow.
Phivolcs said parameters monitored since last month indicated an increase in the current activity of the volcano, manifesting low frequency volcanic earthquakes rising to a higher level signifying possible movement of magma beneath the volcano edifice at shallow depth.
The hoisting of Alert Level 2 signifies a state of unrest which could lead to ash explosions or eventually to hazardous magmatic eruption, the agency added.
Surveys show ground uplift of about one centimeter was measured by Precise Leveling Survey conducted last June 15-22, 2009 and the uplift was sustained during a re-survey yesterday, July 9, 2009.
Ed Laguerta, Phivolcs resident volcanologist, said aerial survey conducted last July 08, 2009, showed a cone-shaped pile of hot, steaming old rocks, possibly remnants from previous eruptions which could be the source of the glow at the crater.
(Excerpt) Read more at pia.gov.ph ...
ping.
Yikes!
That one looks plain old mean!!
Soon it could be belching hot gasses!
Trust me. Anytime a volcano starts deforming and bulging, that’s not a good thing!
I’m almost exactly 70 miles due north of Mt. St. Helens...
Yikes, that must have been horrifying.
Likely a good thing they have already harvested the rice!!
Congress Do something! Bring this sucker under Cap & Tax. Don’t they realize how much EVIL CO2 will be emitted.
barbra ann
Time to shut the country down, gotta offset the CO2 emissions.
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