(Eagle News)– The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alert status of Mayon to Alert Level 2 early Sunday.
This was after the volcano in Albay experienced a phreatic eruption at 8:49 a.m., and later at 11:43 a.m.
Residents have been advised not to enter the 6-kilometer radius permanent danger zone.
“Alert Level 2 remains in effect over Mayon Volcano, which means that the current unrest is probably of magmatic origin, which could lead to more phreatic eruptions or eventually to hazardous magmatic eruptions,” PHIVOLCS said.
According to PHIVOLCS, its seismic monitoring network recorded a total of 78 rockfall events since the the first phreatic eruption until 8 a.m.