Mount Mayon just beats out Kanlaon by 1 eruption for the most eruptions in the Philippines since 1900. It is unknown if this latest unrest will result in yet another eruption.
Also there was a recent tectonic earthquake with an intensity 5 between Masbate and Albay, Philippines(more likely at the bottom of the sea) between 3am and 3:30am of August 20, 2022 and was thinking if there is a connection that might activated the resting volcano.
Mayon’s symmetry is also dangerous feature. Since pyroclastic flows seek low points, they would usually go here. However, Mayon is extremely symmetric, with only shallow drainage patterns on its flanks. This means that if a pyroclastic flow was energetic enough, its path isn’t very clear, as due to Mayon’s symmetry, we don’t know which side will get affected by the pyroclastic flows. There are also pyroclastic surges, which are faster and more turbulent than pyroclastic flows. They can pass over ridges, so they make Mayon an even more dangerous volcano. This, along with the fact that it has a lot of people living near it and it has the possiblity of a flank collapse, makes me think that it should be classified as a decade volcano. Geology Hub, do you think Mayon deserves to be a decade volcano ?
Glad to be a Patreon and thank you for the recognition. And how appropriate for you to talk about a possible volcano explosion in the Philippines; I was living in Palau Micronesia when Mt Pinatubo exploded in 1991 and the subsets were the most amazing sunsets I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. Yes, it affected so many people and I was safely hundreds and hundreds of miles away. But they reminded me of how people in England had great sunsets after Krakatoa and something that had to be seen to be believed.
As you were saying "Sulphur Dioxide", I am thinking "SO²...? That sounds familiar..." It was used as a refrigerant gas a LONG time ago... and turns out, I still have a partial tank of it in the back of my shop from when my dad used to work on old (20's or 30's) refrigerators back in the 1950's. Smells like rotten eggs, and is very effective as a dog attack deterrent. (One of his stories from long ago... while working on a unit, the dog ran at him very aggressively... but quickly retreated when he got a whiff of the SO²... psssst...) Thank you for these regular updates. Clear, concise, and very educational.
Mayon is a beautiful volcano with lore and history,not to mention the 2006 typhoon that unleashed deady mud flows that killed around 1000. Thank you for your undying commitment to your channel
The concept of this channel is proven by your upload of the mayon ground deformation video. In stands to reason that otherwise no one may have noticed too late. Awesome work bro
I recently noticed that most of your videos have random flickers of black appearing one or more times in each video (0:25 for example). Not sure if you are aware of this or if it's some issue with your rendering software, but thought I would let you know just in case!
Wellll I mean considering that Mayon is one of the most monitored volcanoes in the Philippines and the agency has much more accurate data, they probably already noticed.
Thank you for your simple diagrams. It has really helped me understand the topics you cover. It’s nice, and I like the MSPaint aesthetic, it feels very authentic.
PHIVOLCS is pronounced 'fee-volks,' not 'fye-volks.' For anyone curious, it stands for Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. I love this detailed video, btw.
I've been to Albay this year. You can not hide from Mayon. You can see the volcano anywhere you go! I passed by Bulusan a few days after it erupted. I was scared the whole entire time!! Plus going through Irosin town was super trippy given that it really looks like a town in a middle of an ancient caldera.
True, Mount Iriga has a horseshoe shaped crater, like Mount Meru, Mount Bezymianny and Mount St. Helens. I believe that some of the other volcanoes you have mentioned also have a similar structure.
@@SpaceLover-he9fj I've seen all of them in person. Mt. Iriga's flank collapse seems to only happen a few hundred years ago and its debris formed the scattered hills in Buhi and also blocked the river there causing Lake Buhi to form There's not much studies about Mt. Masaraga but it has twin peaks and twin craters as well. The northern peak appears to had a devastating flank collapse and sent debris down to the valley below while the southern peak, which is the volcano's summit, is still mostly intact except for a small flank collapse on the northern side Isarog and Malinao are basically just the same as Mt Banahaw in Southern Luzon What intrigues me is the mysterious volcano east of Mt. Labo. I'm not even sure of its name except locals call it Culasi. It appears to be a fairly large volcano that has been long inactive
Idk if you’ve already covered this, but how about a video in the Laguna Caldera? I saw it as you were panning over to Mayon, and it looks absolutely enormous so it would be interesting to know about it.
@@sjeason it covers the general area of San Pablo and its lakes and Makiling. Though not much in depth cause in reality, I don't think even the local agency has more data on it. You can search it up on his channel.
Thanks for that and all the information you put out to us square eyed lot hoping not to be blasted to a new new destination as we are surrounded by volcanoes here in Auckland, NZ
Glad you were on the ball about the uplift and despite your doubts let PHIVOLCS know about this hazard! Not sure 6kms is enough but now it's their problem.
6kms is the permanent exclusion zone for Mayon even before the unrest was noted. there were structures and decent population residing inside but whenever the volcano starts to act these people will immediately evacuated for precaution and safety purposes. the set permanent radius of 6 kilometers extends up to 8 km to 9 depending on the depth of uncertainties and situations and also by the frequency of volcanic unrest.
I hope you can also check ground deformation and sulfur dioxide emissions of potentially active volcanoes situated in Leyte and Biliran Eastern Visayas (Mt. Cancajanag, Lobi and Mt. Alto) .. thank you
Question: So what would be the difference between the gas is pushing up to increase the size of the lava dome and the same process that occurs when it's actually a lava spine?
MAYON, like PICO, in the Azores, or FUJI, in Japan, has to be one of the World's most beautiful volcanoes. Unlike those in Kamchatka (equally beautiful) they are fairly accessible to centres of population. The view of PICO, looking over from Horta, on Faiyal, is especiallly lovely; as the volcano rises from the sea.
When I saw that circled exclusion zone I said to the person next to me that I thought it was a silly circle and it seemed to cut through previous pyroclastic flows because someone wanted to draw a perfect circle. Then you showed how lava bombs went way beyond the circle in the past and so did pyroclastic flows proving what I just said. Whoever in their government who drew that circle should also include areas farther away where lava bombs could land and pyroclastic flows would reach. I'd stay more than twice as far away as that circle if I was gonna film it erupting or something.
What are you like with rocks. Currently digging foundations in the UK and having real difficulty with the ground. Found a rock this morning which I broke in half and I wish I could find out where it could possibly have come from and possibly how old it is. Could you help
I would like information on extinct volcanoes in New South Wales, Australia. Some reports say there are heaps, others say none. Was Barrington Tops a volcano? Will there be any seismic activity in Australia in our lifetime?
I'm not a geologist but visit Mt. Warning in northern NSW west of Byron Bay. That was a massive volcano. You can get to the top of it relatively easy. Well worth the hike a truly beautiful place with massive old growth cedar trees at its base. As for seismic activity you ever heard of the Newcastle earthquake in 1989 or 90. It was a big one that almost flatened the place. Around the southern border with Victoria there is ground movement due to plate movement. There is a lot of interesting geological stuff about Australia on line. A little known fact is the world's second largest granite monolith is in north eastern NSW. Another amazing geological feature worth a visit to. The size of it is mind blowing. The Barrington Tops was one of my favourite places. I lived on the western flanks for a bit. Pretty sure they were formed through plate movement. Going to check on that out of interest. Edit: I just checked the platue is an ancient shield volcano. Thank you I just learned something I didn't know.
Perhaps the reason gas emissions haven’t increased as much as expected with magma movement is that the recent lava dome is a better seal than usual? If so the next eruption could be more explosive than usual? I just have a bad feeling about this one.
Four years of inactivity seems too short for magma to completely change in composition. though while volcanic gases easily escapes from less silicate magma like basalt, it is however unlikely to be passively emitted as already mentioned that the volcanic pipe is fully sealed by old magma deposit.
You might want to explore some man-made geological disasters like the Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident, the Sidoarjo mud flow, and the Quick Clay Landslides in Norway.
Mayon definitely has the potential to have a VEI-6 eruption there is going to come a day when this volcano stops erupting for hundreds of years or longer and then it’s going to have a massive eruption but it may not have to go dormant for a long time to have one also.
Possibly? In the long term over many cycles of unrest definitely collapse is eventually inevitable but whether this round of unrest will cause such a collapse is far less likely but not a nonzero possibility.
future super volcano.....they always seem to start like this don't they...big volcano, and then slowly the magma changes and the whole mountain explodes and turns into a huge caldera. Literally every one of geology hub supervolcano vids starts off with a description of a volcano just like this one.
Mount Mayon just beats out Kanlaon by 1 eruption for the most eruptions in the Philippines since 1900. It is unknown if this latest unrest will result in yet another eruption.
Love your videos brotha! Love the updates and the info you give!
What volcano has the deepest caldera?
Also there was a recent tectonic earthquake with an intensity 5 between Masbate and Albay, Philippines(more likely at the bottom of the sea) between 3am and 3:30am of August 20, 2022 and was thinking if there is a connection that might activated the resting volcano.
Thank you for updating especially that I live only a few km away from the volcano.
Gas induced eruption, no lava?????? It's possible
The thumbnail is the most volcano looking volcano I've ever seen.
Arenal in Costa Rica and Mount Fuji in Japan are also great similarly profile examples. :)
I was going to say Mount Fuji, but yeah wrong trees lol
@@GeologyHub so did St.Helens.-Until. steep slopes are not good.
Come see Mt.Shasta!
14,000ft.
I do believe Mayon is the most symmetrical volcano in the world with profile. Beautiful and deadly
Wow. It's impressive that you noticed it before anyone else. Good work! You may have saved lives.
That's fantastic! Nice work keeping the local folks safe! it isn't every day someone is credited with such an important discovery.
Mayon’s symmetry is also dangerous feature. Since pyroclastic flows seek low points, they would usually go here. However, Mayon is extremely symmetric, with only shallow drainage patterns on its flanks. This means that if a pyroclastic flow was energetic enough, its path isn’t very clear, as due to Mayon’s symmetry, we don’t know which side will get affected by the pyroclastic flows. There are also pyroclastic surges, which are faster and more turbulent than pyroclastic flows. They can pass over ridges, so they make Mayon an even more dangerous volcano. This, along with the fact that it has a lot of people living near it and it has the possiblity of a flank collapse, makes me think that it should be classified as a decade volcano. Geology Hub, do you think Mayon deserves to be a decade volcano ?
Glad to be a Patreon and thank you for the recognition. And how appropriate for you to talk about a possible volcano explosion in the Philippines; I was living in Palau Micronesia when Mt Pinatubo exploded in 1991 and the subsets were the most amazing sunsets I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. Yes, it affected so many people and I was safely hundreds and hundreds of miles away. But they reminded me of how people in England had great sunsets after Krakatoa and something that had to be seen to be believed.
Keep an eye on Mayon. I had the pleasure of visiting this beauty as a teen back in the 70s.
Same but the 90s
As you were saying "Sulphur Dioxide", I am thinking "SO²...? That sounds familiar..."
It was used as a refrigerant gas a LONG time ago... and turns out, I still have a partial tank of it in the back of my shop from when my dad used to work on old (20's or 30's) refrigerators back in the 1950's.
Smells like rotten eggs, and is very effective as a dog attack deterrent. (One of his stories from long ago... while working on a unit, the dog ran at him very aggressively... but quickly retreated when he got a whiff of the SO²... psssst...)
Thank you for these regular updates. Clear, concise, and very educational.
Mayon is a beautiful volcano with lore and history,not to mention the 2006 typhoon that unleashed deady mud flows that killed around 1000. Thank you for your undying commitment to your channel
Thanks there are people like you looking out for your fellow man. My hat is off to you in salute to you. keep up the good work
Thank you for making news update on my hometown in Albay, Philippines 😊❤️ looking forward for more updates
Good observation and reporting on Mayon!!! Thank you.
It’s amazing how many dangerous volcanoes are in the Philippines. Thanks for another great video!
Indonesia too, some freakin monsters there
@@tinkhamm7251 I completely agree.
There’s only a few volcanoes
The concept of this channel is proven by your upload of the mayon ground deformation video. In stands to reason that otherwise no one may have noticed too late. Awesome work bro
Thank you for the lookout! We appreciate it over here.
I recently noticed that most of your videos have random flickers of black appearing one or more times in each video (0:25 for example). Not sure if you are aware of this or if it's some issue with your rendering software, but thought I would let you know just in case!
Thank you for the daily updates and information.
Keep up the good work 👊
I truly love your channel ❤️ keep doing the best work.
I really enjoy your channel bud, keep up the great work!
thank you for alerting authorities to the uplift.
Wellll I mean considering that Mayon is one of the most monitored volcanoes in the Philippines and the agency has much more accurate data, they probably already noticed.
Thank you for your simple diagrams. It has really helped me understand the topics you cover. It’s nice, and I like the MSPaint aesthetic, it feels very authentic.
PHIVOLCS is pronounced 'fee-volks,' not 'fye-volks.' For anyone curious, it stands for Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. I love this detailed video, btw.
Request for a specific topic: Rift zones
I've been to Albay this year. You can not hide from Mayon. You can see the volcano anywhere you go! I passed by Bulusan a few days after it erupted. I was scared the whole entire time!! Plus going through Irosin town was super trippy given that it really looks like a town in a middle of an ancient caldera.
Thanks for the update, as always. Your videos are incredibly educational - appreciate you!
Well done! Great that preparing for a video led to something so important.
best editing and ptesentation about the situation of Mayon Volcano
Pat yourself for finding this one! Theres so many volcanoes in the world its hard yo keep up and this could easily get missed! Good work!
Great catch there Geology Hub 👍👍
You made a difference. Awesome!
Good looking out!! Love your channel!
Awesome. We'll done will have to keep an eye open. Thank you
Good work sir ....👏🏻good looking out on the uplift🤓
Have been sharing your videos with people I know have friends in all these areas
I love the pic you use when you talk about hydrothermal systems
Very interesting, thank you for the content.
Thank you
I’m early
Oh and so was GeologyHub. Did they credit you with noticing it or were you not as early as I’m thinking?
Good catch on the uplift!
A very pretty, symmetric cone! In dramas, there would be more hints that this won't last....
Thank You very much.
Great work keep it up
Nice catch! I really enjoy your content.
Love the vids!
Way to be observant, Nice catch.
Good job spotting that uplift! Mayon is looking a bit ominous with this change.
happy new year
Great work! 👍🏻
Good job GeologyHub guy!
I've always been fascinated about geology, vulcanism and plate tectonics. You do a great job educating about these things. Thank you :)
Great work thank you
Good catch!
I wish you'll feature also the other volcanoes in the Bicol Volcanic Belt: Labo Volcano Complex, Isarog, Asog/Iriga, Malinao, Masaraga, and others.
True, their structures look very interesting to me.
True, Mount Iriga has a horseshoe shaped crater, like Mount Meru, Mount Bezymianny and Mount St. Helens. I believe that some of the other volcanoes you have mentioned also have a similar structure.
@@SpaceLover-he9fj I've seen all of them in person. Mt. Iriga's flank collapse seems to only happen a few hundred years ago and its debris formed the scattered hills in Buhi and also blocked the river there causing Lake Buhi to form
There's not much studies about Mt. Masaraga but it has twin peaks and twin craters as well. The northern peak appears to had a devastating flank collapse and sent debris down to the valley below while the southern peak, which is the volcano's summit, is still mostly intact except for a small flank collapse on the northern side
Isarog and Malinao are basically just the same as Mt Banahaw in Southern Luzon
What intrigues me is the mysterious volcano east of Mt. Labo. I'm not even sure of its name except locals call it Culasi. It appears to be a fairly large volcano that has been long inactive
Incrível. Grande abraço Brasil Saludos Brasil Brasil
KUDOS! Nice catch!
Can you do a video on Agung?
Goid catch!!!!
Had plans to go here in December. Might rethink that.
Is that image you used for a thumbnail available for a desktop background?
Idk if you’ve already covered this, but how about a video in the Laguna Caldera? I saw it as you were panning over to Mayon, and it looks absolutely enormous so it would be interesting to know about it.
He has, 1 year ago. It's titled Laguna volcanic field
@@chronicle_4 Does it cover the caldera or just the volcanic field to the south of it?
@@sjeason it covers the general area of San Pablo and its lakes and Makiling. Though not much in depth cause in reality, I don't think even the local agency has more data on it. You can search it up on his channel.
Thanks for that and all the information you put out to us square eyed lot hoping not to be blasted to a new new destination as we are surrounded by volcanoes here in Auckland, NZ
where can i find those uplift maps that are frequently updated?
Love your videos! I’ve seen most of them but not sure if you’ve done Krakatoa? Would like that!
He has done Krakatoa, go on his channel and look at the Volcanoes of Indonesia playlist, it’s in there.
Glad you were on the ball about the uplift and despite your doubts let PHIVOLCS know about this hazard! Not sure 6kms is enough but now it's their problem.
I very much doubt phivolcs was actually paying attention to this UA-cam channel. He probably just moved faster than they did to announce it. :)
6kms is the permanent exclusion zone for Mayon even before the unrest was noted. there were structures and decent population residing inside but whenever the volcano starts to act these people will immediately evacuated for precaution and safety purposes. the set permanent radius of 6 kilometers extends up to 8 km to 9 depending on the depth of uncertainties and situations and also by the frequency of volcanic unrest.
Hmm Laguna Caldera 🤔 next content about this caldera?
I hope you can also check ground deformation and sulfur dioxide emissions of potentially active volcanoes situated in Leyte and Biliran Eastern Visayas (Mt. Cancajanag, Lobi and Mt. Alto) .. thank you
Mayon has also had lava fountain eruptions
Question: So what would be the difference between the gas is pushing up to increase the size of the lava dome and the same process that occurs when it's actually a lava spine?
Well done on spotting that on the satellite data.
You check satellite data for uplift manually, it's not automated?
I saw the laguna caldera at the beginning of the video, we need a video on that
MAYON, like PICO, in the Azores, or FUJI, in Japan, has to be one of the World's most beautiful volcanoes. Unlike those in Kamchatka (equally beautiful) they are fairly accessible to centres of population. The view of PICO, looking over from Horta, on Faiyal, is especiallly lovely; as the volcano rises from the sea.
But that lake on pinatuba, or the view Right now from lookout point next to mount St Helens, sakurajima?the vastness of Tambora?
Can you make a video about Mount Malindig. It's a huge volcano but I can't find any of its eruption history.
I bet that was satisfying as a geologist to have basically predicted the alert level increase.
You're a hero, but that mountain is laughing at 6km.
MT MAYON IS NUMBER 1!!
MT MAYON IS NUMBER 1!!
Vesuvius wipes
When I saw that circled exclusion zone I said to the person next to me that I thought it was a silly circle and it seemed to cut through previous pyroclastic flows because someone wanted to draw a perfect circle. Then you showed how lava bombs went way beyond the circle in the past and so did pyroclastic flows proving what I just said. Whoever in their government who drew that circle should also include areas farther away where lava bombs could land and pyroclastic flows would reach. I'd stay more than twice as far away as that circle if I was gonna film it erupting or something.
what a classy looking stratovolcano. It looks like it should have dwarves and a dragon in it.
What are you like with rocks. Currently digging foundations in the UK and having real difficulty with the ground. Found a rock this morning which I broke in half and I wish I could find out where it could possibly have come from and possibly how old it is. Could you help
Taal has been showing signs as well. The western flank of TVI and the western caldera is inflated and recorded 8000 in SO2 but now, it's at 800.
I would like information on extinct volcanoes in New South Wales, Australia. Some reports say there are heaps, others say none. Was Barrington Tops a volcano? Will there be any seismic activity in Australia in our lifetime?
I'm not a geologist but visit Mt. Warning in northern NSW west of Byron Bay. That was a massive volcano. You can get to the top of it relatively easy. Well worth the hike a truly beautiful place with massive old growth cedar trees at its base.
As for seismic activity you ever heard of the Newcastle earthquake in 1989 or 90. It was a big one that almost flatened the place. Around the southern border with Victoria there is ground movement due to plate movement.
There is a lot of interesting geological stuff about Australia on line.
A little known fact is the world's second largest granite monolith is in north eastern NSW. Another amazing geological feature worth a visit to. The size of it is mind blowing.
The Barrington Tops was one of my favourite places. I lived on the western flanks for a bit. Pretty sure they were formed through plate movement. Going to check on that out of interest.
Edit: I just checked the platue is an ancient shield volcano. Thank you I just learned something I didn't know.
Perhaps the reason gas emissions haven’t increased as much as expected with magma movement is that the recent lava dome is a better seal than usual?
If so the next eruption could be more explosive than usual?
I just have a bad feeling about this one.
Let's prepare for the worst and hope for the best
Four years of inactivity seems too short for magma to completely change in composition. though while volcanic gases easily escapes from less silicate magma like basalt, it is however unlikely to be passively emitted as already mentioned that the volcanic pipe is fully sealed by old magma deposit.
So what does this mean this volcano is growing?
Can you do a video about Devil's mountain in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro?
Those are some of my favorite landforms in the Philippines. Surprised that it receives little attention
You might want to explore some man-made geological disasters like the Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident, the Sidoarjo mud flow, and the Quick Clay Landslides in Norway.
From the sat images it looks like it could be prime to a collapse as well.
Mayon definitely has the potential to have a VEI-6 eruption there is going to come a day when this volcano stops erupting for hundreds of years or longer and then it’s going to have a massive eruption but it may not have to go dormant for a long time to have one also.
I don’t think it does 🤔
Wouldn't that kind of unrest potentially lead to a collapse and associated debris avalanche?
Possibly? In the long term over many cycles of unrest definitely collapse is eventually inevitable but whether this round of unrest will cause such a collapse is far less likely but not a nonzero possibility.
You are now famous ... or infamous ... time will tell.
When I was younger, about 6 or 7 yo, I thought all volcanoes looked like the one in the thumbnail.
gosh thats a big rise in elevation, well spotted
Avoid the giant nope hill folks!
Sounds like Mount. Mayon is a ballon ready to pop. Good catch. Who knows how many lives you may have saved.
I predict a large Plinian eruption......
future super volcano.....they always seem to start like this don't they...big volcano, and then slowly the magma changes and the whole mountain explodes and turns into a huge caldera. Literally every one of geology hub supervolcano vids starts off with a description of a volcano just like this one.
Mayon might be a little constipated.
Obviously if we had a "Carbon or Magma" Tax this wouldn't be happening. Why don't people realize this.
Could this volcano erupting lead to tsunami, given the geography?
No, that would require the volcano to completely collapse in a specific direction, which is not going to happen.
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