04/02/2024
LOOK: Mayon Volcano's phreatic eruption at 4:37 p.m. on Sunday (Feb. 4, 2024). It remains under Alert Level 2.
The event generated a booming sound, rockfall, pyroclastic density currents or PDC and a 1,200 meter-tall plume that drifted to the southwest, according to Phivolcs.
"Phreatic or steam-driven eruptions are sudden-onset and short-lived events. They happen without warning or any precursors. Hence, DOST-Phivolcs has always cautioned the public of possible phreatic eruptions from Mayon Volcano, even at Alert Level 0. Alert level 2 is raised over Mayon since December 8, 2023," the Phivolcs said. | via Connie Calipay (📸: courtesy of Maria Salve Llantada)