MANILA, Dec. 4 -- There is no imminent major eruption in Taal Volcano, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday.

His assurance came as two minor phreatic/phreatomagmatic eruptions occurred earlier at 12:58 and 1:04, both lasting two minutes.

The second eruption has ejected incandescent ballistics 300 meters above the lake, according to Phivolcs.

"They (incandescent ballistics) did not reach any communities on the mainland, and this does not indicate an imminent major eruption," Phivolcs Director Teresito Bacolcol told the Philippine News Agency.

Incandescent ballistics, he said, are very hot, glowing rocks that the volcano throws out during an eruption.

"The eruption had enough fo...