The fumes are reported in several barangays as Kanlaon Volcano's sulfur dioxide emission reaches 6,720 tons per day on Wednesday, August 21, the second highest level recorded in 2024
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MANILA, Philippines – Sulfur dioxide fumes were reported in parts of Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 21, due to increased emission from “This is the second highest emission from the volcano recorded this year and since instrumental gas monitoring began,” Phivolcs added. Phivolcs noted that Kanlaon’s SO2 emission has been “particularly elevated” at a current average of 3,247 tons per day since itslast June 3. Prior to the eruption, it was already “degassing increased concentrations” of SO2 at an average of 1,273 tons per day.There were also 15 volcano-tectonic earthquakes on Wednesday, “generated by rock fracturing 0 to 8 kilometers beneath the northeastern sector of the edifice.
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