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Philippines raises alert to Level 3 as Mayon Volcano erupts

A moderately explosive eruption sent ash 3,000 meters skyward; authorities ordered evacuations within 6km of the crater.

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What to know

  • Mount Mayon erupted on October 30, 2026, in a moderately explosive event sending ash 3,000 meters skyward and lasting nearly six minutes.
  • Alert level raised to 3 (on a 0-5 scale), indicating the volcano has entered a new phase of magmatic eruption with increased risk of lava flows and pyroclastic density currents over the coming days to weeks.
  • Authorities ordered immediate evacuations within 6 kilometers of the crater; no casualties or damage reported as of latest reports.
  • Mayon is one of three Philippine volcanoes showing elevated activity in 2026, with the country's position on the Pacific Ring of Fire making such events common.

“One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes fired a dark column of ash thousands of meters into the sky Friday in a 'moderately explosive eruption' that lasted nearly six minutes”

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, State seismology office · Arab News ↗

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Government volcano monitoring agencyMount Mayon Active stratovolcano in Albay province

Philippines raises alert to Level 3 as Mayon Volcano erupts
Anadolu Agency

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    Authorities warn of hazardous pyroclastic density currents and lava flows

    PHIVOLCS issued guidance that Mayon faces increased chances of lava flows and hazardous pyroclastic density currents affecting upper to middle slopes in the immediate days to weeks, urging evacuation of areas near the crater due to danger from PDCs, lava flows, rockfalls and other volcanic hazards.

    “Mayon is in a new phase of magmatic eruption, with increased chances of lava flows and hazardous PDCs (pyroclastic density currents) … affecting the upper to middle slopes of the volcano in the immediate days to weeks…”
    — Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
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    Philippines raises volcanic alert level to 3

    PHIVOLCS raised the alert level from 2 to 3 on its 0-5 scale and ordered evacuations within 6 kilometers of the crater. Level 3 indicates sustained increases in volcanic earthquakes and forceful ash/steam ejections.

    1. 4 outlets first by Channel News Asia, 9d ago · also Bangkok Post, Anadolu Agency, Arab News · read ↗

    2. 1 outlet first by Anadolu Agency, 9d ago · read ↗

  3. background

    Mayon Volcano erupts in moderately explosive blast — Mount Mayon erupted in a moderately explosive event lasting nearly six minutes, sending a dense ash plume 3,000 meters above the summit crater. The ash dispersed southwest toward nearby communities including Daraga and Guinobatan.