Yesterday we reported that Alert Level 3 had been proclaimed for Mayon volcano. As of midnight Tuesday, 1,653 families had been evacuated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines from threatened villages around Mayon Volcano. By...
Mayon Volcano in the province of Albay is on Alert Level 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has raised the Alert Level of Mayon volcano to 3 (of 5). This means...
Camiguin: Yesterday evening the MindaNews published an interesting article about the history of Camiguin Photo courtesy of Granger Collection Do you know that there is an island called Camiguin that it is located on the...
Volcano monitoring – the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) is set to install two more seismic stations near General Santos City. The two stations will monitor the activity of Mount Matutum and Mount...
The “Earthquakes” and “Active Volcanoes” pages are back. While moving these pages from the old version of Silent Gardens to the new one, we encountered some problems. Adapting the graphics to responsive design hadn’t...
When traveling in the Philippines one often has to get up early, even very early, to catch a flight, a bus or a ferry. But these early hours are often the most beautiful moment...
On August 27, 1883 the Indonesian Krakatou volcanoes erupted and exploded, causing massive tsunamis and killing at least 36,417 people, while simultaneously destroying over two-thirds of Krakatoa island. The explosion is considered to be the loudest sound ever...
In Daraga, Albay, on the foothills of Mount Mayon, small springs have dried up and the water supply from the Budiao spring has dropped as Mayon volcano started to act up again. When the...
PHIVOLCS has raised Mayon Volcano’s alert level to Level 1 as bluish steam emissions and crater glow were spotted. PHIVOLCS’ resident volcanologist said the level one alert was hoisted on Friday afternoon after PHIVOLCS instruments noted a...
Yesterday our guests Simone and Stephan hiked up on Hibok-Hibok volcano. They were lucky because they had one of the best guides available: Heinz Althuser. Heinz, a part time Swiss expat, knows Mount Hibok-Hibok...
Mayon Volcano at 8:00 AM today, produced a small phreatic event that lasted about 73 seconds. The gray to brown clouds reached 500 meters above the summit and drifted west southwest. No volcanic earthquake...
ABS-CBN reported he death of a swimmer in Mt. Pinatubo’s crater lake last Wednesday. The Department of Tourism (DOT) issued yesterday a warning that the lake has been found to contain “hazardous substances.” Photo courtesy...
Earthquakes Early this morning at 05:45 AM an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 shook Davao del Sur. Until now 2 aftershocks of magnitudes 2.4 and 3.5 followed. The impact of these quakes is less of physical...
We had stopped our status reports of 3 Philippine volcanoes, Mayon, Bulusan and Taal earlier this year, because the 3 volcanoes calmed down to nearly no activity. But now, Mount Mayon and Taal show...
In their bulletin from April 24, 2011, PHIVOLCS informs that they lowered Bulusan Volcano’s status from Alert Level 1 (abnormal) to Alert Level 0 (normal). Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon had shown increased activity since...
We recently wrote that Camiguin is developing smoothly. (Please see here ) There are new resorts and new restaurants. There might soon be a new airline connection from Manila. And there are two new...
The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) published this very interesting article on St. Valentines day. Visitors of Camiguin already know about the Sunken Cemetery in Bonbon. But for people living in Camiguin, the last paragraph...
Today we got a historic picture of “young” Hibok-Hibok volcano or is it Mount Vulcan? “Young” means geologically young. We are still a bit troubled because the drawing seems to show Hibok-Hibok volcano from...
Mayon is magic. Frequent readers of this blog do know my preference for volcanoes. But Mayon is not a volcano as others, Mayon is the most beautiful volcano on earth. But to see the...
Due to the turbulences of typhoon Fengshen the MTV did arrive one day late on Camiguin island. Today MTV did take sequences with 2 crews in different spots of our island. The final movie...
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