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Bulusan volcano, Luzon Island, Philippines: news & activity updates

Updated: Apr 19, 2024 20:57 GMT-
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Bulusan volcano (Luzon, Philippines) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 24 January-30 January 2024 (Continuing Activity)

Wed, 31 Jan 2024, 15:00
In a special advisory, PHIVOLCS reported increased seismicity at Bulusan, characterized by a total of 126 volcanic-tectonic earthquakes recorded by the seismic network during 0000-2145 on 28 January. The events had magnitudes of 0.3-2.2 and were located at depths of 1-9 km beneath the N and NW flanks. Weak-to-moderate gas emissions rose from the summit crater and active vents, which drifted SW and NW. Read all

Bulusan volcano (Luzon, Philippines) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 17 January-23 January 2024 (Continuing Activity)

Wed, 24 Jan 2024, 15:00
PHIVOLCS reported increased seismicity at Bulusan in a special advisory. The seismic network recorded a total of 91 volcanic-tectonic earthquakes, associated with rock fracturing, located at depths of 2-4 km beneath the SW flank from 0138 on 22 January to 0130 on 23 January. Gas emissions characterized as weak-to-moderate rose from the summit crater and active vents. Read all
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Bulusan volcano
Stratovolcano 1565 m / 5,134 ft
Luzon Island, Philippines, 12.77°N / 124.05°E
Current status: restless (2 out of 5) Bulusan volcano eruptions:
2016, 2015, 2011, Oct 2006-07, Mar-Jun 2006, 1994, 1988, 1983, 1981, 1979, 1978, 1933, 1928, 1918-22, 1916, 1894, 1892, 1889, 1886, 1852(?)
Typical eruption style
Explosive. In historic time, frequent small to moderate phreatic and phreatomagmatic ash eruptions. Mudflows from loose deposits on flank are often generated when heavy rains fall (e.g. during taifuns).
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