TAAL VOLCANO: Wikipedia.

Source: therealbrute
Date: May 15, 2010

Facts about Taal Volcano:

The Taal Volcano may appear small, but it’s considered one of the most
active in the Philippines with frequent eruptions over the past decades.
Located in Batangas, Taal is part of a group of volcanoes on the Macolod
Corridor. This rift zone or the area where linear cracks develop stretches
for about 50-60 kilometers and includes Mt. Makiling bordering
Batangas and Laguna, Mt. Bahanaw located between Laguna and
Quezon, and the Seven Lakes of San Pablo in Laguna.
It has a main crater lake which is blue-green in color and is 1.9
kilometers in diameter. The volcano has 47 craters in total, according to
the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The rest of the
volcano is below sea level.
There have been five violent eruptions of Taal Volcano in recent history.
Among those on record were in the year 1749, followed by another in
1754, 1911, 1965, and most recently, in October 1977. The January
1911 eruption alone killed 1,335 people.
Phivolcs says volcanic tsunamis generated by movement in the volcano
would not create waves taller than three meters.
Volcanic ashfall may also be experienced in nearby towns and cities in
Luzon. Phivolcs says very fine ash may be deposited in the air and could
take about three days to settle.
Taal Volcano Latest Situation:
Antas Ng Alerto 1
Mga Parametro:
Seismicity-3 volcanic earthquakes including 2 volcanic tremor (4-7 minutes long).
Acidity(Main Crater Lake)-0.40 (03 October 2023).
Temperature(Main Crater Lake)-74.3 ℃ (03 October 2023).
Sulfur Dioxide Flux-2887 tonelada / araw (06 Oktubre 2023); may upwelling ng mainit na
volcanic fluids sa Main Crater Lake; nagdulot ng VOG.
Plume-2400 metrong taas; Malakas pagsingaw; napadpad sa kanluran at timog-kanluran.
Ground Deformation-Pangmatagalang pag-impis ng kalakhang Taal Caldera na may
panandaliang pamamaga ng hilagang bahagi ng Taal Volcano Island.

•Gases from Philippine volcano sicken dozens of children, prompting school

closures in nearby towns.
Smog containing gases from a restive Philippine volcano sickened dozens of students and
prompted 25 towns and cities to shut their schools on Friday as a health precaution, officials
said.
There was no imminent threat of a major eruption of Taal Volcano, which authorities said
remains at a low level of unrest in Batangas province south of Manila. But they said its
emission of sulfur dioxide-laden steam in recent days caused skin, throat and eye irritation for
at least 45 students in nearby towns.

Taal Volcano Resolution/Resolved:

•Limit outside activities and keep your doors and windows closed to keep vog
out.
•Wear N95 mask to cover the nose and mouth and drink water to soothe throat
irritation.
Societal impact:
Taal Volcano erupted in early January 2020 affecting more than 736,000 people
in CALABARZON (Region IV-A), Central Luzon (Region III) and National Capital
Region (NCR) and leading to an evacuation of more than 135,000 people,
damage to infrastructure and livelihoods, and disruption of essential services,
such as water supply and education.