Mount Ibu Again Erupts Vomit Volcanic Ash As High As 2,000 Meters

Photo archive: Volcanic ash soared 2.8 kilometers high at the top of Mount Ibu in North Maluku which was monitored from CCTV PVMBG, Tuesday (26/3/2024). (ANTARA/HO-PVMBG)

JAKARTA - Mount Ibu, which is in the northwest of Halmahera Island, North Maluku Province, erupted again for 121 seconds on Wednesday night at 19.23 WIT.

"The height of the eruption column was observed at approximately 2,000 meters above the peak," said the officer of the Mount Ibu Observation Post, Axl Roeroe, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 27.

Roeroe said the ash column looks gray with thick intensity to the west.

The eruption was recorded in the seismograph of measuring the strength of the earthquake on the surface with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 121 seconds.

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) appealed to the public to always be aware of the flow of lahars in rivers that originate at the top of Mount Ibu and always coordinate with local volcanic observation posts.

In the event of ash rain, people who are active outside the home are advised to use a nose, mouth (mask) and eyes (glasses).

Mount Ibu is a volcano with a type of tarovolcano that has a height of 1,325 meters above sea level located northwest of Halmahera Island, North Maluku.

The top of the mountain is a volcanic crater. The crater center has a width of 1 kilometer and a depth of 400 meters, while the outer part has a width of 1.2 kilometers.

On March 26, 2024, Mount Ibu was recorded to have experienced 23 eruptions, 47 gusts, 252 shallow volcanic earthquakes, 18 deep volcanic earthquakes, 5 local tectonic earthquakes, and 5 distant tectonic earthquakes.

Throughout 2023, Mount Ibu occupies the position of the two most active volcanic eruptions in Indonesia. The volcano experienced an eruption of 21,100 times.