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    Active Volcanoes in The Philippines H.e-A

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    This document provides information on 5 volcanoes in the Philippines: - Smith Volcano on Babuyan Island last erupted in 1924. - Pinatubo, located between Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales, had a huge eruption in 1991. - Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island last erupted in June 2016. - Matutum Volcano in South Cotabato may have erupted in 1911. - Mayon Volcano in Albay last erupted in 2018, forcing evacuations.

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    Active Volcanoes in The Philippines H.e-A

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    This document provides information on 5 volcanoes in the Philippines: - Smith Volcano on Babuyan Island last erupted in 1924. - Pinatubo, located between Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales, had a huge eruption in 1991. - Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island last erupted in June 2016. - Matutum Volcano in South Cotabato may have erupted in 1911. - Mayon Volcano in Albay last erupted in 2018, forcing evacuations.

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    This document provides information on 5 volcanoes in the Philippines: - Smith Volcano on Babuyan Island last erupted in 1924. - Pinatubo, located between Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales, had a huge eruption in 1991. - Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island last erupted in June 2016. - Matutum Volcano in South Cotabato may have erupted in 1911. - Mayon Volcano in Albay last erupted in 2018, forcing evacuations.

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    Active Volcanoes in The Philippines H.e-A

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    This document provides information on 5 volcanoes in the Philippines: - Smith Volcano on Babuyan Island last erupted in 1924. - Pinatubo, located between Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales, had a huge eruption in 1991. - Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island last erupted in June 2016. - Matutum Volcano in South Cotabato may have erupted in 1911. - Mayon Volcano in Albay last erupted in 2018, forcing evacuations.

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    Smith (Mount Babuyan)

    (Cagayan Valley)
    Smith Volcano is one of the probably five
    Pleistocene-to-Holocene volcanic centers on
    Babuyan Island (also known as Babuyan de
    Claro Island)
    Smith Volcano, also known as Mount Babuyan,
    is a cinder cone on Babuyan Island
    Smith Volcano · Last eruption 1924
    -Smith Volcano has erupted six times, the last of
    which was in 1924.
    Pinatubo
    (Boundaries of Pampanga, Tarlac
    and Zambales)
     Pinatubo is a stratovolcano on the island of Luzon.
    Its eruptive history is divided into two distinct parts.
     The huge Plinian-type eruption of Pinatubo
    lasted about nine hours.
     Mount Pinatubo · Last eruption 1991
    -The 1991 eruption was the second-largest terrestrial
    eruption of the 20th century after the 1912 eruption
    of Novarupta in Alaska.
    Kanlaon
    ( Negros Occidental,
    Negros Oriental)
     Kanla-on or Canlaon, is an active stratovolcano on
    the island of Negros, located 30 km southeast of
    Bacolod. Kanlaon is the highest point in Negros, as well
    as the whole Visayas.
     The eruption was classified as Strombolian, typified
    by the ejection of incandescent cinders, lapilli, lava
    bombs and gas fumes.
     Kanlaon · Last eruption June 18, 2016
    Matumtum
    Volcano
    (South Cotabato)
     Matutum is a stratovolcano it contains 2 hot
    springs and a well-preserved 320-meter wide crater
    at the volcano’s summit.
     Volcanologists suspect that Matutum may have
    had a phreatic eruption on March 7, 1911
     Mount Matutum · Last eruption 1911
    Mayon Volcano
    (Legaspi,Albay)
     Mayon Volcano is a Stratovolcano composite
    type volcano renowned for its perfect cone shape.
     Mayon is the archetype of a symmetrical
    stratovolcano and one of the world most active ones. It
    has frequent eruptions producing pyroclastic flows,
    mud flows and ash falls that repeatedly triggered
    large-scale evacuations. Mayon's most violent eruption, in
    1814, killed more than 1200 people and devastated several
    towns.
     Mayon Volcano · Last eruption 2018 forced tens
    of thousands of people in nearby villages to evacuate.

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