Taal Volcano fires two phreatomagmatic eruptions in one day, sending 1,200-metre ash plume over Batangas
PHIVOLCS logged a four-minute morning burst at 7:13 a.m. reaching 450 metres, then a stronger afternoon event at 2:34 p.m. with three pulses of dark grey ash rising 1,200 metres and drifting southwest; Alert Level 1 remains in force
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No further eruptions were recorded after 2:34 p.m. PHT on June 30; Alert Level 1 maintained. The two June 30 events are the fourth and fifth phreatomagmatic eruptions at Taal in June 2026, following events on June 4, 5, and 6. PHIVOLCS measured sulphur dioxide emissions at 881 metric tons over the previous 24 hours. ↗
Summary
Taal Volcano in Batangas province produced two phreatomagmatic eruptions on June 30, PHIVOLCS confirmed. A morning burst between 7:13 and 7:17 a.m. Philippine time generated a 450-metre plume; a stronger afternoon event at 2:34 p.m. lasted four and a half minutes and sent three pulses of dark grey ash 1,200 metres above the crater, drifting southwest. Both are classified as minor. Alert Level 1 remains in force; the four-kilometre permanent danger zone around the crater is off-limits.
Why it matters
Taal has produced phreatomagmatic activity regularly since 2021, but two events in a single day raises the watch tempo. Batangas is densely populated and the crater sits inside a lake, making ash dispersal and water-magma interaction difficult to predict.