TAAL Volcano showed signs of a looming eruption on Wednesday as it registered its highest number of earthquakes at 383 over the past 24 hours and emitted more gas since it was placed under "elevated unrest" in March by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

The Taal Volcano Network (TVN) said the 383 volcanic earthquakes include 238 tremor episodes lasting from one to 12 minutes, 143 low frequency earthquakes and low-level background tremors.

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