Mount Ibu Erupts, Vomits Abu As High As 600 Meters

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

JAKARTA - Mount Ibu in North Halmahera erupted on Saturday, July 1 at around 19.37 WIT.

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) reported an eruptive column height of 600 meters to the west.

"The height of the eruption column was observed above the peak or about 1925 meters above sea level to the west," wrote PVUMBG Twitter, quoted July 1, confiscated by Antara.

PVMBG continued, the column of gray ash with thick intensity.

Meanwhile, the eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 mm and a duration of 59 seconds.

Therefore, PVMBG appealed to the public and tourists not to be within a radius of 2.0 km from Mount Ibu.

"People around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists should not move within a two km radius and the sectoral expansion is 3.5 km to the crater opening in the northern part of the active crater of the mountain," the PVMBG statement continued.

Then, if ash rains, people who are active outside the home are advised to use the nose, mouth (mask) and eyes (glasses).