Report on Kanlaon (Philippines) — May 1992
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 17, no. 5 (May 1992)
Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland.
Kanlaon (Philippines) Small ash emission
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 1992. Report on Kanlaon (Philippines) (McClelland, L., ed.). Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 17:5. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199205-272020
Kanlaon
Philippines
10.412°N, 123.132°E; summit elev. 2435 m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
Newspapers reported a 1-km-high ash emission and ashfall at flank towns on 10 June, coinciding with a minor earthquake. There were no reports of injuries.
Geological Summary. Kanlaon volcano (also spelled Canlaon), the most active of the central Philippines, forms the highest point on the island of Negros. The massive andesitic stratovolcano is dotted with fissure-controlled pyroclastic cones and craters, many of which are filled by lakes. The largest debris avalanche known in the Philippines traveled 33 km SW from Kanlaon. The summit contains a 2-km-wide, elongated northern caldera with a crater lake and a smaller, but higher, historically active vent, Lugud crater, to the south. Historical eruptions, recorded since 1866, have typically consisted of phreatic explosions of small-to-moderate size that produce minor ashfalls near the volcano.
Information Contacts: Reuters.