Overall Orange alert Volcanic eruption for Taal
in Philippines

Event summary

ORANGE alert: The Taal Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000012
Name: Taal (273070)
Glide number: VO-2021-000071-PHL
Lat/Lon: 14 , 120.99
Event Date: 08 Jul 2021 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 3080000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 29950000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 6
Population Exposure Index PEI: 7
Inserted at: 02 Jul 2021 05:37 UTC

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"Philippines - Taal Volcano eruption, update"

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Taal report has been published on 30 Jun 2021 07:55.
PHIVOLCS reported that unrest at Taal continued during 22-29 June. Low-level background tremor continued with as many as 10 volcanic earthquake per day. As many as three low-frequency volcanic earthquakes were detected during 23-26 June and 0-3 episodes of volcanic tremor during 23-27 June lasted two minutes to two hours. Upwelling of hot volcanic fluids in the crater lake produced steam-and-gas plumes that rose as high as 2.1 km and drifted in multiple directions. Sulfur dioxide emissions averaged 2,284-5,129 tonnes/day. In a special report issued on 28 June PHIVOLCS warned that public that the high levels of sulfur dioxide, the gas-and-steam plumes rising as high as 3 km above the lake?s surface, and weather conditions had caused vog over the Taal Caldera region. They issued another special statement on 29 June noting that on 28 June sulfur dioxide emissions averaged 14,326 tonnes/day, the highest rate ever recorded at Taal. Voggy conditions persisted, mainly impacting the NE and E lakeshore communities, with some residents reporting adverse effects. PHIVOLCS noted the continuing state of elevated unrest, reminding the public that the Alert Level for Taal remained at 2 (on a scale of 0-5). PHIVOLCS strongly recommended no entry onto the island, and access to the Main Crater, Daang Kastila fissure (along the walking trail), and boating on Taal Lake was strictly prohibited. Source: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
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6.6-magnitude quake leaves fissures, landslides and damaged houses 7/25/2021 5:30:00 AM.

CALATAGAN, Batangas – A fissures surfaced in Sitio Putol, Barangay Bagong Silang while an incident of landslide was recorded in Barangay Luya, both in this municipality due to the 6.6-magnitude quake that occured at exactly 4:49 in the morn
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Alert status at Taal lowered 7/24/2021 7:00:00 PM.

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) decided to lower the alert status of Taal Volcano to level 2 on Saturday after it noticed a stop in the eruptive activity of the volcano, following its July 1 phreatomagmatic
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DSWD DROMIC Report #19 on the Taal Volcano Eruption as of 23 July 2021.. 7/24/2021 8:16:00 AM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (32), (2), INGV (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JSR (1),