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Report on Kanlaon (Philippines) — 1 November-7 November 2006


Kanlaon

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 1 November-7 November 2006
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2006. Report on Kanlaon (Philippines) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 1 November-7 November 2006. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

Weekly Report (1 November-7 November 2006)

Kanlaon

Philippines

10.412°N, 123.132°E; summit elev. 2435 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


On 2 November, PHIVOLCS reported the lowering of the Alert Level for Canlaon from 1 to 0. During 26 July-2 November, no ash explosions occurred and steam emissions and seismicity were low.

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.

Source: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)