Minor phreatomagmatic eruption occurs at Taal Volcano on December 26 WATCH: A minor phreatomagmatic eruption occurs at Taal Volcano in Batangas at 4:36 pm on Friday, December 26, 2025, as seen in this time-lapse footage from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Phivolcs says the two-minute eruption generated “short and dark jets of ash that collapsed onto the Main Crater Lake and light gray to whitish plumes that rose 600 meters above the crater.” Taal Volcano remains under Al

WATCH: A minor phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at the main crater of Taal Volcano on Friday afternoon, Dec. 26, generating ash jets and plumes that rose up to 600 meters before drifting southwest, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. (Video courtesy of PHIVOLCS-DOST) | MANILA BULLETIN