Mount Mayon Eruption Philippines

• Mount mayon volcanic eruption dates, population of the area and type of volcano


  13-23 of January 2018, city of legaspi 200,000 and it was a composite volcano caused as a result of the subduction of the Philippine Sea plate underneath the Sunda Plate
• Secondary impacts of the Mount Mayon eruption 


  86,052 people affected,

  $3.4 million of damages to agriculture affecting more than 10,000 farmers

  Some roads were impassable by landslides and ash falls

  Some flights out of Legaspi were cancelled
• Primary Impacts of the Mount Mayon eruption 


  • 13 - Ash plume blasted 2,500m into the air for just over an hour and a quarter and ash fell in many of the surrounding towns and there was a sulphurous smell in the atmosphere
  • 16 - lava flows reached the limits of the six-kilometre evacuation zone
  • 22 - a three-kilometre tall ash cloud column developed and later that day lava fountains were observed along with, pyroclastic flows, ash plumes, lava bombs and rockfalls.
  • 23 - 300-500 metre high lava fountains and ash plumes developed
• Long term responses of the Mount Mayon eruption

  • They are continuing to constantly monitor volcanic and seismic activity in the area.
  • PHIVOLCS is the part of the government dedicated to providing information on the activities of volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis.
  • They have a warning level rated 1-5 which the local people are taught about so they know what each number means and what they need to do if an alert is issued.
• Immediate responses of the Mount Mayon eruption

  • 13 - 40,000 residents evacuated from a 6 kilometre radius
  • 23 - schools and colleges shut, danger zone expanded up to 9 kilometres
  • 74,000 in total evacuated
  • The US committed $100,000 to distribute vouchers to families to buy hygiene kits and to reduce illness in evacuation centres.
  • The Filipino government committed $1 million for a ‘cash for work’ programme as well as providing packages for 50,000 families for ten days. They also provided food packages to evacuees for 100 days.