Taal Volcano continued minor eruptions for the second straight day on Thursday, ejecting a 200-meter-high plume into the air, state scientists said.
The eruption at around 6:47 a.m. was again phreatomagmatic, caused by magma or molten rocks interacting with water at the crater, Phivolcs said.
Phivolcs monitored fivephreatomagmatic bursts on Wednesday, which produced "short-lived" plumes that rose up to 700 meters above the main crater.
It recorded 61 volcanic earthquakes including five explosion-type earthquakes over 24 hours. The volcano also released an average of 11,397 tons of sulfur dioxide per day as of July 7, which rose 1.5 kilometers high before drifting southwest.
The volcano is still under Alert Level 3, meaning magma from inside the volcano could trigger a explosive eruption, Phivolcs said.
Thousands living in high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel have been evacuated.
