ERNATE - Mount Dukono in North Halmahera, North Maluku, is back in the eruption by ejecting volcanic ash as high as 2,000 meters.
"Yes, that's right, the eruption was 2,000 meters high above the top of the mountain," said PGA Dukono Post officer in North Halmahera Regency, Bambang Sugiono as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, March 1.
The eruption of Mount Dukono shows a column of ash observed to be white to gray with thick intensity leaning towards the Northwest.
Eruption was recorded on a seismogram with an amplitude of a maximum of 34 mm and a duration of 53.52 seconds from the Dukono PGA Post in Mamuya Village, Galela District.
"Currently, the condition of the volcano as high as 1,087 meters above sea level is still at Level II or Alert," he said.
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People around Dukono Volcano and visitors or tourists, are prohibited from doing activities such as climbing, and approaching the Maupang Warirang Crater within a 4 kilometer radius.
"Considering that eruptions with volcanic ash periodically occur and the distribution of ash follows the direction and speed of the wind, so that the ash land area does not remain," he said.
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