An ash-laden, steam-rich plume rises from Taal Volcano’s main crater during a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Sunday night, July 12. The eruption lasted about three minutes and sent the plume approximately 1,200 meters into the air before drifting northeast. —Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology/Phivolcs-DOST
LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas province generated a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Sunday night, July 12, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
In a bulletin, Phivolcs said the eruption—the volcano’s first recorded this month—occurred at the main crater at 8:27 p.m. and lasted about three minutes, based on seismic, infrasound, and visual observations.
The eruption produced ash-laden, steam-rich plumes that rose approximately 1,200 meters above the crater before drifting northeast.
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