Local authorities are closely monitoring the impact of the ash column on residential areas, and they are recommending the closure of offices and schools as a precautionary measure.

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the “urgent” evacuation of 87,000 people was already underway on December 9 evening, after the eruption of Negros Island’s Kanlaon volcano.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on December 9 that Mount Kanlaon, located in central Philippines, has erupted, spewing an ash column as high as 3,000m.

Kanlaon volcano in the central Philippines is emitting plumes that rise to 5km, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PIVS) said on June 3.

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake was recorded offshore Cagayan province, the Philippines, on February 13 afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Both the Philippines and Indonesia were hit by earthquakes on October 17, but no reports about damage are available.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Surigao Del Sur province in the southern Philippines on October 1.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on July 6 raised the alert level for Bulusan volcano to 1, saying the volcano located in the southeast of Manila "is currently in an abnormal condition."

Total fatalities in earthquakes in the Philippines since October 16 have reached 20, with at least five deaths reported in the magnitude 6.5 quake that shook Cotabato province in Mindanao on October 31 morning.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck west of Davao in the south of the Philippines on October 31, the second strong in a week.

A 6.6-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines on October 29 morning, killing a boy, said Philippine authorities.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on September 29.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on September 10, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Two offshore earthquakes struck southern and central Philippines early on August 3, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude hit the southern island of Samar, the Philippines, on April 23, a day after a 6.1 quake rattled the country's north.

At least nine people have been killed and 30 others injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Gutad town on the Philippines’ Luzon island, said Philippine authorities on April 23.

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the Philippines’ southern province of Zamboanga del Norte on January 7.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the country’s most active volcano, Mount Mayon, spewed grayish white ash plume that rose 500 to 600 meters above the crater on December 27 morning.

Mount Mayon in Albay province of the Philippines again spewed ash on November 26, and authorities issued alert level 2.

A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the main southern Philippine island of Mindanao on April 5.