But how far is Mount Mayon from Manila, the capital of the Philippines?
Mount Mayon is the south-east Asian country’s most active volcano and the latest violent eruptions have lifted the threat to Alert Level 4 status, one notch below the highest possible rating.
Lava fountains as high as 1,970 feet (600 metres) have been jetting out, lasting between seven minutes and an hour.
These have generated ash plume up to three miles above the crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
The most recent footage from CCN showed huge ash clouds rising as authorities warned a potentially deadly eruption could take place from Mount Mayone within hours.
How far is Mount Mayon from Manila?
Mount Mayon sits in the province of Albany in Bicol Region on the Luzon island in the Philippines.
Luzon is the Philippine’s largest and most populated island – with 53 million people according to the 2015 census – located in the north end of the island chain.
Manila, the Philippine’s capital and most densely populated city in the world, sits on the eastern shores of the Manila Bay in the western part of Luzon island.
The metropolitan area has a population of 10,444,527 and is located about 330km north-west of Mayon Volcano.
The city of Manila is home to 1,780,148 and is divided into 16 districts, with the Pasig River cutting through the middle.
The danger zone around the Mayon volcano was expanded to 9 kilometres following a second explosion on Tuesday morning.
Since it started erupting on January 13, the 2,462-metre volcano has disturbed 54 villages in Albany.
Despite being a popular tourist attraction, Mount Mayon has erupted about 50 times in the last 500 years.
Around 2,200 locals are thought to have perished in the 1814 eruption.
Mount Mayon’s last eruption took place in 2013 when four climbers and their guide died after trekking near the summit.
The Philippines sits on the “Ring of Fire” a large area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are frequent.
Recent earthquakes in Asia and Alaska this week have shown that the Ring of Fire is “active”, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said on Tuesday, January 23.