When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into a terrifying snapshot of death and destruction. Two ...

Taal Volcano had a minor phreatomagmatic eruption at its main crater on Monday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has said. The minor eruption at 7:38 p.m. was captured by a ...

Captured by the Lower Calauit Observation Station’s IP Camera, the eruption lasted for three minutes and produced a 600-meter plume. A phreatomagmatic eruption is driven by the direct ...

A “minor phreatomagmatic eruption” occurred at Taal Volcano Island’s Main Crater at 7:34 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 6. (Screenshot from Phivolcs Facebook) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

MANILA, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas released 4,409 tons of sulfur dioxide following a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Monday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

Ferdinandea did erupt in July to August 1831, however, this was only a 'modest' 'phreatomagmatic' eruption, resulting from magma erupting through water. 'The magnitude of the Ferdinandea ...

MANILA – Despite a minor phreatomagmatic eruption and increased seismic energy observed in the Taal Volcano on Monday, the volcano's parameters remained under Alert Level 1, the head of the Philippine ...

Phreatic eruption is normal but entry into the permanent danger zone of all active volcanoes, even under Alert Level 0, ...

MANILA, Philippines — A sharp increase in Taal Volcano's seismic events may trigger a minor phreatic or phreatomagmatic eruption, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ...

The volcano first began belching thick ash and steam last Tuesday, its first eruption in more than 50 years. This was a phreatomagmatic eruption - the expulsion of pressurised steam and rock from ...