Taal Volcano was rocked by 115 earthquakes in the past 24 hours, the highest number of tremors recorded in the area since the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology placed the restive volcano under Alert Level 2 last April. Phivolcs said residents around the volcano in Taal, Batangas heard rumbling sounds and felt up to Intensity IV earthquakes. Julio Sabit, head of the volcano monitoring division, said the earthquakes were an indication that Taal will continue to be restive. In a Radyo Inquirer interview, Sabit said that the quakes were “part of its on-going activity, if you would notice, its already on Alert level 2, meaning… there is a confirmed rising of magma from below, so these tremors are part of the episodic rising of magma.” “Taal volcano has experienced earthquake swarms long before, ever since the 90’s, but it has not erupted.” Sabit also added that “The volcano’s activity varies because previously the quakes were scattered in several areas but the recent ones were clustered in one area.” Asked whether the recent fish kill incident in Sampaloc Lake was connected to the quakes, Sabit said that “the fish kill occurred in one area, if volcanic activity caused it, it should have affected the area near the volcano first. San Pablo City, Laguna is quite far from the Taal volcano.” Sabit said that the fish were probably killed because of the sudden change in temperature. Although the number of quakes recorded last Sunday was a “remarkable” increase from the previous day—there were only 10 volcanic quakes observed on May 29—Sabit said Phivolcs would still not upgrade to 3 the alert level on the volcano. Source:- http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/10579/115-quakes-recorded-at-taal-volcano-in-24-hours
It always rumbles a lot here, but one can hardly feel it mostly... http://earthquake.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/update_SOEPD/EQLatest.html
