Mayon Volcano in Albay province continues to discharge lava and spew rocks 'in a gentle and quiet manner' but experts have not ruled out an explosive eruption in the coming weeks or days. READ HERE:
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Director Teresito 'Toto' Bacolcol told The Manila Times that the parameters recorded by the Mayon Volcano Network have been changing every day.'Sometimes, the parameters like the sulfur dioxide SO2) gas emission, volcanic tremors and rock fall events would increase then the next day, they would decrease so we can say that they are still low-rate parameters,' Bacolcol said.
Pagasa explained that an effusive eruption is dominated by the outpouring, fountaining or ejection of fluid lava and the magma has low viscosity or it is runny wherein gas can escape easily.'Effusive eruption involves the gentle release of lava on the edifice of the volcano,' it said.In the past 24 hours, Phivolcs said the lava slowly oozing out of the volcano's crater reached 1.3 kilometers and 1.
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