JAKARTA - Mount Ibu experienced an eruption today, Thursday, April 14. The mountain, which is located in the northwest of Halmahera Island, North Maluku, erupted at 09.31 WIT.
The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) team noted that a column of gray ash with a thick intensity spread to the northeast with a height of approximately 800 meters from the peak or 2,125 meters above sea level.
"The eruption was also recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 60 seconds", said Plt. Abdul Muhari, Head of the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) Data and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari, in his statement, Thursday, April 15.
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Abdul Muhari said PVMBG had provided recommendations to the community around Mount Ibu as well as visitors or tourists not to move within a radius of 2 kilometers from the top of the mountain.
In addition, PVMBG also prohibits any activity in sectoral expansion within 3.5 kilometers of the crater opening in the northern part of the active crater of Mount Ibu.
"If there is ash rain, people who are active outside their homes must wear masks or nose and mouth protection and goggles", he added.
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