As of Saturday, January 25, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and

Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and

Seismology (PHIVOLCS) have reported a total of 950 volcano tectonic
earthquakes in the Taal area since the eruption, 176 of which were felt.[21] The
strongest were a series of Mw 4.1 magnitude earthquakes originating 6
kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Agoncillo, Batangas, which were recorded at
least thrice: at 11:56 pm on January 12, 3:11 am on January 13, and 6:35 am
later that day.[22] As a result, an Intensity III ("weak") on the PHIVOLCS
Earthquake Intensity Scale was felt in Tagaytay and an Intensity II ("slightly felt")
was felt in Malabon.[23] Between 11:39 pm on January 13 and 5:50 am the
following day, PHIVOLCS reported a total of 44 earthquakes in the towns
of Calaca, Laurel, Lemery, Mataasnakahoy, San Luis, Taal and Talisay in
Batangas, and Alfonso in Cavite; among the strongest were a magnitude Mw  3.6
in Taal, which was felt at an Intensity III in Tagaytay,[24] and a magnitude Mw  3.9
originating 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of Talisay at 2:05 am, measuring an
Intensity IV ("moderately strong") in Tagaytay and Intensity II in Malabon and
Pasay
As a result of these constant earthquakes, numerous fissures or cracks began to
appear across different barangays in the Batangas towns of Agoncillo, Lemery,
San Nicolas, and Talisay, the towns within the 14-kilometer radius danger zone
of Taal. A fissure also transected the road connecting Agoncillo to Laurel. [26] On
Wednesday, January 15, PHIVOLCS reported that the water in the main crater
lake on Taal Volcano Island has drained; the lake measured 1.9 kilometers wide
and 4 metres (13 ft) above sea level. Portions of the Pansipit River, had also
drained as a result of "the ground deformation caused by an upward movement
of the magma"; it is the same process that caused the series of earthquakes.
PHIVOLCS have also hinted on underwater fissures in Taal Lake where the
water may have drained into.[27]