Taal, 1965

A moderately violent phreatomagmatic explosive eruption took place on Volcano Island in Lake Taal, Philippines, over three days at the end of September. The main phreatic explosions were preceded by the ejection of basaltic spatter, and they opened a new crater on the southwest side of the island measuring 1.5 km long and 0.3 km wide.

Eruption start

1965-09-28

Eruption end

1965-09-30

Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)

4

Volcano

Taal

GVP volcano page

volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=273070

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: philippines, phreatomagmatic, crater formation

Coordinates: 14.0106, 120.9975

Part of Volcanic eruptions of VEI 4 from 1960 to 1989

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