{"id":27359,"date":"2014-09-30T11:17:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27359"},"modified":"2014-09-30T17:04:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T09:04:05","slug":"either-vulcanian-or-strombolian-mayon-eruption-is-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/30\/either-vulcanian-or-strombolian-mayon-eruption-is-deadly\/","title":{"rendered":"Either vulcanian or strombolian, Mayon eruption is deadly"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14459\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Mayon-Volcano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14459\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Mayon-Volcano-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Mayon Volcano eruption on December 29, 2009. Tryfon Topalidis \/ Wikipedia photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Mayon-Volcano-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Mayon-Volcano.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayon Volcano eruption on December 29, 2009. Tryfon Topalidis \/ Wikipedia photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Experts have not established whether Mayon Volcano is headed for a vulcanian type of eruption or a strombolian blast. Either of the two however, is deadly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe characteristics that Mayon is showing are [those] of a vulcanian eruption, or maybe even a strombolian eruption,\u201d Director Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A strombolian blast is characterized by a fairly quiet lava emission down the volcano\u2019s slopes while a vulcanian eruption has strong explosions, multiple pyroclastic flows or a fast-moving mix of hot gas and rocks, and lava cascading down the volcano slopes.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Mayon\u2019s eruption history, either of the two types can be deadly.<\/p>\n<p>In February 1814, the most destructive eruption of Mayon killed 1,200 people and destroyed the now famous, Cagsawa church.<\/p>\n<p>The volcano is currently emitting around 30 million cubic meters of magma, similar to its 2009 eruption, according to Solidum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe volume of magma is just like the 2009 eruption,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As the magma coming from the volcano solidifies, the 30 million cubic meters will be equal to 3 million truckloads of rocks.<\/p>\n<p>This continuous rise of magma, according to Solidum, may be a reason for them not to consider the volcano to be in a \u201cquiet eruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to remind people that the magma is already there on the summit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Experts have not established whether Mayon Volcano is headed for a vulcanian type of eruption or a strombolian &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":14459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[4971],"class_list":["post-27359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-mayon-volcano","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}