Philippines - Volcanic unrest, update ( GDACS, PHIVOLCS, NDRRMC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 June 2023)

The state of unrest of the Mayon volcano in the central Philippines is still ongoing. In the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) recorded two volcanic earthquakes, a very slow effusion of lava from the summit of the crater and steam-laden plumes that rose 700 m.

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), almost 18,000 have been displaced (17,216 evacuated in 25 evacuation centres), and 37,682 people have been affected across 26 Barangays of the Albay Province in Bicol Region.

The alert level of the volcano stands at 3 which means that the volcano is currently in a relatively high level of unrest as magma is at the crater and hazardous eruption is possible within weeks or even days.