Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Kanlaon
in Philippines

Event summary

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

GDACS ID VO 1000092
Name: Kanlaon (272020)
Lat/Lon: 10.41 , 123.13
Event Date: 09 Jun 2024 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 870000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 10790000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 2
Population Exposure Index PEI: 6
Inserted at: 10 Jun 2024 05:41 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Kanlaon report has been published on 29 May 2024 08:59.
In a special notice for Kanlaon, PHIVOLCS stated that the seismic network detected 24 volcano-tectonic earthquakes during 1335-1630 on 26 May with local magnitudes of 0.8-2.3 and depths of 0-6 km beneath the W flank. Sulfur dioxide gas emissions from the summit crater had been elevated since 1 January, averaging 1,291 tonnes/day (t/d); the most recent measurement was 2,003 t/d, recorded on 26 May. Ground deformation data from continuous GPS and electronic tilt data had been recording inflation at the volcano since March 2022. The Alert Level remained at 1 (on a scale of 0-5) and PHIVOLCS reminded the public to remain outside of the 4-km-radius Permanent Danger Zone. Source: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 132 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Residents allowed to return home after fleeing from Kanlaon eruption 6/13/2024 7:01:00 PM.

Canlaon City, Negros Oriental–Around 263 individuals who were temporarily sheltered at evacuation centers following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon have been granted permission to return to their homes. This marks a hopeful turning point for
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1,362 s return home 6/13/2024 6:38:00 PM.

BACOLOD CITY , Philippines More than a week after the phreatic eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, 427 families or 1,362 residents of Barangay Mansalanao in La Castellana, Negros Occidental have returned to their homes, according to the Office of
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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 257 km northeast o.. 6/13/2024 6:29:00 PM.

The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision. Seismic statio
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Agri damage from Kanlaon Volcano eruption now at P104.8M -- OCD 6/13/2024 9:49:00 AM.

The eruption of Kanlaon Volcano has left P104.8 million worth of agricultural damage, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Thursday. At a public briefing, OCD spokesperson Director Edgar Posadas said the affected areas are Region 6, or th
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Data, images, links, services and documents

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