{"id":385954,"date":"2026-03-13T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/eruption-at-mayon\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:01:00","slug":"eruption-at-mayon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=385954","title":{"rendered":"Eruption at Mayon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=801&#038;h=779&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=801&#038;h=779&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The upper slopes of Mayon volcano appear brown, with several narrow channels radiating from the crater. A red infrared heat signature appears near the summit, with red streaks extending east and southeast. The lower slopes are green and forested. Farmland and towns are visible in the lower part of the image.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=801&#038;h=779&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 801w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=300&#038;h=292&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=768&#038;h=747&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=50&#038;h=49&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 50w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=400&#038;h=389&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226.jpg?w=600&#038;h=584&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">February 26, 2026<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At any given moment, about <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/gvp_currenteruptions.cfm\" rel=\"noopener\">20 volcanoes<\/a> on Earth are actively erupting.\u00a0Often among them is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=273030\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayon<\/a>\u2014the most active volcano in the Philippines. The nearly symmetrical stratovolcano, on Luzon Island near the Albay and Lagonoy gulfs, rises more than 2,400 meters (8,000 feet) above sea level.<\/p>\n<p>Historical <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=273030&#038;vtab=Eruptions\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=273030&#038;vtab=Eruptions\" rel=\"noopener\">records<\/a> indicate Mayon has erupted 65 times in the past 5,000 years, with the latest episode beginning in January 2026. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology<\/a>\u00a0(PHIVOLCS)\u00a0first reported increased rockfalls near the volcano\u2019s summit and inflation of the mountain\u2019s upper slopes.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wovodat.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/bulletin\/activity-mvo?bid=13423&#038;lang=en\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On January 6<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/volcano-alert-levels\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alert level<\/a>\u00a0was increased to three on a five-level scale after lava began flowing from the crater and hot clouds of ash and debris called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/programs\/VHP\/pyroclastic-flows-move-fast-and-destroy-everything-their-path\" rel=\"noopener\">pyroclastic flows<\/a> (also called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undrr.org\/understanding-disaster-risk\/terminology\/hips\/gh0203\" rel=\"noopener\">pyroclastic density currents<\/a>) moved down one side of the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>The volcano was still puffing and lava flowing on February 26, when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov\/satellites\/landsat-8\/spacecraft-instruments\/operational-land-imager\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OLI<\/a>\u00a0(Operational Land Imager) on <a href=\"https:\/\/landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov\/satellites\/landsat-8\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Landsat 8<\/a> acquired this rare, relatively clear image. The natural-color scene is overlaid with infrared observations to highlight the lava\u2019s heat signature.\u00a0On that day, PHIVOLCS reported volcanic earthquakes, rockfalls, and pyroclastic flows. The longest pyroclastic flow had traveled about 4 kilometers (3 miles) through the Mi-isi Gully on the southeast flank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The level-three alert, which remained in place in March, prompted evacuations within a 6-kilometer (4-mile) radius of the crater, displacing hundreds of families from communities including Tabaco City, Malilpot, and Camalig.\u00a0Past pyroclastic flows have proven extremely destructive, leading to more than 1,000 deaths in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ir.canterbury.ac.nz\/items\/c83da011-1638-4cac-bae8-d2d0c3d2b468\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1814<\/a>, at least 400 deaths in 1897,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/638630\/5-most-destructive-explosions-of-mayon-volcano\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">77 deaths<\/a>\u00a0in 1993.\u00a0More than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479\/si.GVP.SEAN198409-273030\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">73,000 people<\/a>\u00a0were evacuated during an eruption in 1984.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/dashboard\/stories\/so2-volcanoes\" rel=\"noopener\">Sulfur dioxide (SO<sub>2<\/sub>)\u00a0emissions\u00a0<\/a>during the current eruption have averaged\u00a02,466 tons per day,\u00a0with a peak of\u00a06,569\u00a0metric tons measured on February 4, 2026.\u00a0That is the highest SO<sub>2<\/sub> emission level for one day in 15 years, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wovodat.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/bulletin\/activity-mvo?bid=13548&#038;lang=en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wovodat.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/bulletin\/activity-mvo?bid=13548&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">PHIVOLCS announced<\/a> in early February. That was later exceeded on March 6, when SO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions reached as high as <a href=\"https:\/\/wovodat.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/bulletin\/activity-mvo?bid=13657&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">7,633 metric tons<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple NASA satellites have also monitored the volcano\u2019s sulfur dioxide emissions, showing sizable plumes of the gas drifting southwest on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/4uqU19O\" rel=\"noopener\">February 4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/4bklS2F\" rel=\"noopener\">March 6<\/a>.\u00a0The Philippine volcanology institute reported a peak in other activity on <a href=\"https:\/\/wovodat.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/bulletin\/activity-mvo?bid=13572&#038;lang=en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wovodat.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph\/bulletin\/activity-mvo?bid=13572&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"noopener\">February 8 and 9<\/a>, with 469 rockfalls, 12 major pyroclastic flows, and ashfall in the municipalities of Camalig and Guinobatan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><em>NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/earthexplorer.usgs.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>U.S. Geological Survey<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> <em>Story by Adam Voiland.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-file-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-file-list\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row width-full margin-bottom-4\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<h2 role=\"textbox\" class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDownloads\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-row hds-file-list-row\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail hds-file-list-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail-inner hds-file-list-thumbnail-inner hds-cover-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2310\" height=\"1968\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/eruption-at-mayon\/mayonvolcano_oli_20260226_lrg.jpg?w=2310&#038;h=1968&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The upper slopes of Mayon volcano appear brown, with several narrow channels radiating from the crater. A red infrared heat signature appears near the summit, with red streaks extending east and southeast. The lower slopes are green and forested. 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(2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jvolgeores.2020.106976\" rel=\"noopener\">Multiscale and multitemporal surface temperature monitoring by satellite thermal infrared imagery at Mayon Volcano, Philippines.<\/a> <em>Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research<\/em>, 401, 106976.<\/li>\n<li>Global Volcanism Program (2026) <a href=\"https:\/\/volcano.si.edu\/volcano.cfm?vn=273030\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayon<\/a>. 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