The first quake with a magnitude of 5.5 happened at midnight southeast of General Santos. The epicentre laid only 4km deep.
The second one with a magnitude of 3.7 shook one hour later in San Carlos (Pangasinan). Its epicentre was in depth of 141km.
And the third one happened at 7:25 in the morning again southeast of General Santos. It had a depth of 198km and a magnitude of 4.8.
Only the las earthquake could be felt in and around General Santos.
None of the quakes caused any damage.
The Philippines is prone to earthquake occurrences as well as volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its geographic location within the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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( 2.8 / 16 )The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has imposed a two-year ban on tuna fishing on countries in the western and central Pacific region, including the Philippines, reportedly due to overfishing.
On the one hand this ban should allow the tuna to partially recover from overfishing.
On the other hand, there will be over 100'000 fishermen without work in southern Mindanao. This ban may push General Santos City into deep social problems. General Santos City is the Philippines tuna capital.
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( 2.7 / 19 )A magnitude 6.1 quake shook Bicol this morning at 3:11 am. No damages were reported.
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( 3.2 / 17 )As there is no recent ferry accident reported, we would like to show you, what we saw on December 27, 2009.
Sorry, the ferry is full! Oh no, we have a ticket and have to go now!
Pinoys do not know the word IMPOSSIBLE.
And a last lift!
Done! Who said, that the ferry was full?
PS: We took another ferry...
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( 2.9 / 9 )The Philippines Bureau of Immigration has introduced a new disembarkation card for international passengers.
The new card has was introduced on January 1st, 2010 and is called A/D card (arrival/departure card).
It seems, that this new card is machine-readable.
It also seems that not all airlines have yet received the new cards. Passengers of these airlines get the new card at NAIA, the International Airport of Manila.
As soon as we can get one of these new cards, we will publish a picture.
Meanwhile we have updated our visa page and publish the new visa extension fees.
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( 2.8 / 20 )PHIVOLCS today lowered Mayon's Alert from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2.
Main reasons are:
The lack of remarkable seismic events, such as harmonic tremors, suggests no active transport of magma to shallow levels.
The Mayon volcano returns to a deflated state, suggesting that no pressure build-up has taken place and reflect a general static condition of residual magma in the volcanic pipe and beneath the crater.
The decrease in concentration of SO2 gas emission indicates that no active magma intrusion is occurring beneath the volcanic edifice.
No ash ejections were observed since 29 December 2009. Steam emission was most of the time weak to moderate and white in color indicating considerable decrease in energy. Crater glow remained visible to the naked eye at night possibly due to the still-hot residual magma beneath the crater.
We therefore terminate our updates of Mayon volcano until new activity is reported.
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( 3.1 / 14 )We did not post the latest bulletins of PHIVOLCS because Mount Mayon did calm down.
In their bulletins 24 to 29, PHIVOLCS found a steadily decrease of activity. There are still some tremors (4 to 6 in 24 hours) and one or two steam clouds per day.
The inhabitants are allowed to go back to their houses but Alert Level 3 is still maintained.
Falling lava rocks are still encountered and last night a glow of the lava dome in the crater could be seen.
If Mount Mayon calms down, the next active period would occur in June 2011. During the last decades this volcano showed increased activity in a 18 months rhythm.
But do as I do, believe only in the statistics you forged yourselves.
We track all the volcanoes in the Philippines. For minor updates (activity without immediate danger) please see here: Philippines Volcanoes
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( 2.9 / 18 )3 volcanic earthquakes and 21 rockfall events related to the detachment of lava fragments at the volcano’s upper slopes were detected by Mayon Volcano’s seismic monitoring network during the past 24 hours.
Steaming activity and crater glow were not observed due to thick clouds that covered the summit crater. Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) measurement was not conducted yesterday due to rain that occurred over the volcano area.
PHIVOLCS maintains Alrt Level 3 because the body of the volcano is still inflated and the risk of new eruptions still exists.
Although inhabitants of the villages around the volcano are allowed to go back to their homes during day time.
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( 3.2 / 25 )Mayon Volcano’s seismic monitoring network detected 7 volcanic earthquakes and 33 rockfall events related to the detachment of lava fragments at the volcano’s upper slopes.
Steaming activity was not observed due to thick clouds that covered the summit crater. Pale crater glow was observed last night.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) measurement was not conducted yesterday due to rain that occurred over the volcano area.
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( 2.8 / 28 )Mayon Volcano’s seismic monitoring network detected 9 volcanic earthquakes and 30 rockfall events related to the detachment of lava fragments at the volcano’s upper slopes during the past 24- hour observation period. Steaming activity was not observed due to thick clouds that covered the summit crater.
Pale crater glow was observed last night. Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emission rate was measured yesterday morning at an average value of 2,094 tonnes/day.
Alert Level 3 is in effect over Mayon, which means that the 6-km radius Permanent Danger Zone around the volcano and the 7-km Extended Danger Zone on the southeast flank of the volcano should be free from human activity because of sudden explosions that may generate hazardous volcanic flows. People residing close to these danger areas are also advised to observe precautions associated with post-eruption activity, such as rockfalls, pyroclastic flows, and ash fallout which can also occur anytime due to instabilities of lava deposited on steep slopes. Active river channels and those perennially identified as lahar prone in the southern sector should also be avoided especially during bad weather conditions or when there is heavy and prolonged rainfall. Civil aviation authorities must advise pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano’s summit as ejected ash and volcanic fragments from sudden explosions may pose hazards to aircrafts.
PHIVOLCS-DOST is closely monitoring Mayon Volcano’s activity and any new significant development will be immediately posted to all concerned.
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