Mount Ibu In West Halmahera Lontarkan Lava Pijar

TERNATE - The Ibu Volcano Observation Post (PGA) in West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, reported that the volcano emitted incandescent lava and flames as high as 100 meters from the summit.

"The eruption of Mount Ibu by removing the column of ash observed as high as 700 meters, accompanied by incandescent lava and flames as high as approximately 100 meters," said the officer of the Mount Ibu Observation Post, Axl Roeroe, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, November 21.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity leaning towards the northwest and the eruption of Mount Ibu was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 17 mm and a duration of approximately 50 seconds at the PGA Post in Gam Ici Village, Ibu District.

Currently, the condition of the volcano as high as 1,325 meters above sea level is still Level III or Alert.

Communities around Mount Ibu and visitors or tourists are asked not to move within a radius of four kilometers and a sectoral expansion five kilometers to the crater opening in the northern part of the active crater of the mountain.

"If ash rains, people who are active outside the home are advised to wear masks and glasses, so that they can avoid exposure to the mountain ash," he said.