An ash eruption at Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island lasted for three hours and 30 minutes on Tuesday morning, Jan. 6, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
The weak ash emission began at 5:55 a.m. and ended at 9:25 a.m., Mari-Andylene Quintia, Phivolcs resident volcanologist at the Kanlaon Observatory in La Carlota City, said.
The ash eruption generated a grayish plume that rose 350 meters from the crater in the southwest direction.
The ash emission was thin but there may be ash fall due to the strong winds in the area of Bago City and La Carlota City, she said.
Recent ash emissions recorded at Kanlaon volcano were between 4:35 p.m. to 04:56 p.m. and 5:01 p.m. to 6:05 p.m. on January 3.
Quintia said Kanlaon volcano remains at Alert Level 2, and an explosive eruption is still possible.
Like in the past ash emissions could be a precursor to an explosive eruption, Quintia said.*