Canlaon City orders evacuation as Mt. Kanlaon logs over 200 quakes

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THE local government of Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, has ordered a mandatory evacuation of residents within the 4-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone around Mt. Kanlaon following an earthquake swarm linked to the volcano’s increased activity.Canlaon City Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas issued Executive Order No. 63, series of 2024, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, citing the need to protect residents as more than 200 earthquakes were recorded since 10:35 p.m. on Monday evening.

'VT earthquakes are generated by rock fracturing processes and the increase in VT activity strongly indicates progressive rock-fracturing beneath the volcano as rising magma drives a path towards the surface,' the advisory read.Phivolcs said some residents of Bago City also reported rumbling sounds, while strong sulfur fumes were reported in few barangays in Bago, La Carlota and Canlaon cities.'There were reports of sulfuric stench.

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