Manila, July 17 -- Minor phreatomagmatic eruptive events occurred at the Taal Main Crater between 3:01 p.m. and 3:13 p.m. on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Phivolcs Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction Division chief, Ma. Antonia Bornas, said such kind of volcanic activity or eruption of Taal Volcano, being at Alert Level 1, has been usual and recurring since 2021.

Phreatic eruption is a sudden, usually short-lived eruption, triggered by the contact of groundwater with hot rocks underneath the volcano.

Phreatomagmatic eruptions are caused by the interaction of magma and water.

The three eruptive events lasted four to six minutes based on visual, seismic, and infrasound recording...