Mount Ibu Again Spews Volcanic Ash As High As 800 Meters

Mount Mother in North Maluku (Malut). (Between)

NORTH MALUKU - Mount Ibu in North Maluku again spewed volcanic ash twice on Tuesday, October 18 at 06:59 WIT and 14:25 WIT. Volcanic ash was recorded as high as 800 meters from the summit.

Head of the Mount Monitoring Post, Mrs. Ridwan Djalil, said the vomit was a white-gray column of thin to medium ash at 06.59 WIT to the northeast and south.

"This eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 30 millimeters and a duration of 65 seconds", he said, quoted in a written statement, Tuesday, October 18.

Meanwhile, the eruption at 14.25 WIT which was recorded on a seismograph with an amplitude of 30 millimeters and a duration of 70 seconds, the ash column of Mount Ibu was observed to be gray in color, thick in intensity, and heading south.

On Monday, October 17, Mount Ibu also erupted. The volcano emits volcanic ash with a thick column of gray ash about 800 meters high from the summit that leads to the southwest.

The eruption was recorded on a seismograph having a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of approximately 1 minute 5 seconds.

Mount Ibu Level II

The status of Mount Ibu at Level II or Alert made the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) recommend residents and visitors not move within a radius of two kilometers.

Activities in the sectoral extension area of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of the active crater of Mount Ibu are also prohibited.

If there is ash rain, people who are active outside the home are advised to use nose, mouth, and eye protection.