Meteoro Lights Sky Near Erupting Mayon, PHIVOLCS Says It Broke Up in Air

Overview

• Live monitoring cameras recorded a bright object passing beside Mayon’s eruption plume at about 22:33 local time on Monday, May 25, creating a visible flash before it vanished.
• PHIVOLCS analyzed camera imagery, seismic readings and infrasound records and concluded the object was a meteoroid that broke up in the atmosphere and did not strike the volcano’s slopes.
• The event was captured by PHIVOLCS’s Ligñon Hill camera and Afar TV feeds and the footage quickly circulated on social media, prompting initial confusion about a possible impact.
• Mayon has been erupting since January and remains active; a May 2 collapse of lava deposits produced a roughly 3,000‑meter ash plume and forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 people without reported deaths.
• Authorities say continuous camera, seismic and infrasound monitoring will continue to guide public‑safety alerts for nearby communities and officials urge residents to follow evacuation orders if conditions change.