Lava continued to flow from Mayon

Lava continues to flow from Mayon Volcano’s mouth coupled with more high frequency volcano earthquakes, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Phivolcs said it has recorded 78 high frequency volcanic earthquakes and tremors for the past 24 hours. Phivolcs said lava that have flowed out of the volcano has reached 700 meters to 800 meters downslope below the crater. Lava fragments detaching from the lava pile inside the crater continuously rolled down along Bonga gully reaching 3 to 4 kilometers downslope of the crater.

The volcano has also continued to emit white steam that reached 200 meters above its summit. The local government is expecting to finish the evacuation of a total of 9,946 families from the danger zones in 2 days.

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Lava continued to flow from Mayon was first posted on December 17, 2009 at 7:48 pm.