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The last major eruption of the Taupo supervolcano was 1800 years ago. Click to read more. Taupo Volcano showed signs of rumbling following a volcanic earthquake on Sunday, March 6, prompting seismic authorities to put New Zealand on alert amid the unrest at the supervolcano.

Analyzing lava samples can help us “see” inside a volcano, and results from the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa gave us a window into the volcano’s plumbing system for the first time in almost 40 years.  

After 12 days of struggling with Mayon’s rough terrain and bad weather, emergency responders have dropped off the bodies of three of four victims of the Cessna plane that crashed.

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Mission accomplished. THE retrieval operations for the four Cessna plane crash victims in Albay successfully ended after 13 grueling days. (Mayor Caloy Baldo FB) Responders on Thursday, March 2, completed the retrieval of the remains of the four Cessna plane crash victims

Camalig Mayor Carlos Baldo said emergency responders are having a hard time getting the bodies down from the volcano due to its terrain and the weather.

Over the past two decades, both scientists and members of the public have anticipated the occurrence of slow slip events (SSEs) on Kīlauea’s south flank.  These events are recorded by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s (HVO) continuous GPS network, which show as much as 2 cm (0.75 inches) of increased seaward motion of the flank over 2-3 days—equivalent to about a M6 earthquake.

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Rescue teams retrieved on Saturday, Feb. 25, the bodies of four people on board a Cessna plane that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano a week ago on Feb. 18. Camalig, Albay town Mayor Caloy Baldo said in a Facebook post on Saturday that the rescue teams recovered the b

Remains of four casualties in a plane crash were finally retrieved on top of the Mayon Volcano after seven days of grueling operations that saw responders battling heavy rains and inclement weather.

Hours after a Cessna plane with four passengers was reported missing last Feb. 18 shortly after taking off from the Bicol International Airport, at least 185 responders gathered in several barangays in Camalig town, Albay to form teams for search and rescue operations. Camalig Mayor Carlos Irwin Ba

Closer inspection of photographs taken from Mayon Volcano where a Cessna plane crashed over the weekend showed possible human images near or at the vicinity of the wreckage, according to the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office.