Mayon unrest may last for a few months – Phivolcs

by JOHN ERIC MENDOZA Inquirer.net

MANILA — State volcanologists on Tuesday, June 13 believed the unrest in Mayon Volcano could last for a few months based on historical data.

Dr. Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), drew parallels between the latest activities and that of Mayon in 2018 and 2014.

“Based on our experience, this activity may persist [for] a few months,” Bacolcol said in a Teleradyo interview.

"When the eruption is violent, this would probably take a few days to weeks, but when it is slow like this, it would probably take several months,” he added, partly in Filipino.

Ma. Antonia Bornas, chief science research specialist of Phivolcs, told INQ Today that the activity would last for months when the volcano quietly effuses lava.

“Mayon is quietly effusing lava flow from its summit craters and the lava flows are being transported to the south and southeast that form the foundation of our alliance,” the U.S. official said in his message to mark 125 years since the declaration of Philippine independence on Monday, June 12. The ties between the U.S. and its former colony,  PAGE A2