Eruption Of Mount Ibu Halmahera Barat, Remove Volcanic Ash As High As 700 Meters

JAKARTA - Mount Ibu in West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku (Malut) again emits volcanic ash with a height of 700 meters above the peak on Monday, September 16 at around 10.35 WIT.

"Indeed, the ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity leaning towards the north," said officer of the Volcano Observation Post, Mrs. Rivaldi Hasan, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, September 16.

The eruption of the volcano as high as 1,325 meters above sea level was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 28 mm and a duration of approximately 1 minute 32 seconds from the Post of the Mother's Volcano Observation Office in Gam Ici Village, Ibu District, West Halmahera Regency.

He said that currently Mount Ibu is at Level III or Alert with recommendations to the community around the mountain as well as visitors and tourists, so as not to move within a 4 km radius and sectoral expansion within 5 km. Towards the crater opening in the north of the active crater of Mount Ibu.

"This means that the recommendation of the Volcano Observation Post has been issued, so that the public and tourists are asked to comply with the circular," he said.

He also appealed to the public, in the event of ash rain, especially those who carry out activities outside the home are advised to use shelter in the form of masks and glasses, to avoid exposure to the volcanic ash.

As previously known, reports from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), Mount Ibu in West Halmahera Regency, were recorded to have experienced three eruptions on Monday morning last week.