Philippines: Thousands evacuated around Mayon Volcano

Subject: Geography

Section: Physical Geography

Context:

Volcanic earthquakes and hundreds of rockfall events were detected near the Mayon Volcano, Philippines.

Details:

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that the volcano was “in a relatively high level of unrest” and that a “hazardous eruption is possible within weeks or even days.”
Mount Mayon, Pinatubo, Taal, Hibok-Hibok, Bulusan, and Kanlaon are some of the active volcanoes in the Philippines.

Mount Mayon:

Mount Mayon is an active stratovolcano situated in the eastern province of Albay, some 330 kilometres south of the Filipino capital of Manila.
The Mayon Volcano stands at a height of 2,462-metre (8,077-foot) and is of conical form.
It is considered to be the Philippine’s most active volcano– last erupting in January 2018. There have also been no less than 50 eruptions in the last 500 years.
The Philippines is part of the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific Ocean, where volcanic activity and earthquakes remain common.
In 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, around 100 kilometres northwest of Manila, left more than 800 people dead.