LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano in Batangas province generated two short-lived eruptions — one phreatic and one phreatomagmatic — early Thursday, December 4, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said the phreatic burst occurred at 12:58 a.m., followed by a phreatomagmatic explosion six minutes later. Both lasted about two minutes. The activity produced plumes rising approximately 1,200 meters before drifting southwest, as seen through the volcano’s IP surveillance camera. During the phreatomagmatic event, incandescent fragments were expelled up to 300 meters above Taal Lake, Phivolcs added. A phreatomagmatic eruption happens when rising magma interacts explosively with […]... Keep on reading: Phreatic, phreatomagmatic eruptions hit Taal Volcano