Tuesday Morning, Mount Ibu Eruption In North Maluku Disbursed 4 KM High Volcanic Ash

Volcanic ash clouds soared as high as approximately four kilometers due to the eruption of Mount Ibu in North Maluku, Tuesday (11/6/2024). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Mount Ibu, located northwest of Halmahera Island, North Maluku Province, launched a cloud of volcanic ash as high as four kilometers formed as a result of the eruption. "The eruption occurred today at 09:45 WIT," said Mount Richard Chaniago Post Observation Post Officer in a report received quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 11.Richard said the ash cloud was gray with thick intensity to the west and new to the sea. The mother's Moon is a strato-type volcano and has a peak height of 1,340 meters above sea level which is administratively included in the area of Ibu District, West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province. Since May 16, 2024 until today, Mount Ibu is still on alert status or level IV because volcanic activity and seismicity is still relatively high. On May 1 to June 10, 2024, PVMBG noted that there were 16 eruptions that brought out volcanic ash clouds about 100 meters to 7 kilometers from the crater peak of Mount Ibu. The eruption also caused a boom and accompanied by a flash of incandescent lava which reached a radius of 1.5 kilometers from the crater lip. The number of shallow volcanic earthquakes was recorded to be very much reaching 25,89 times in the period May 1 to June 8, 2024.

The government recommends the public not to move within a four-kilometer radius and a sectoral expansion seven kilometers to the crater opening in the north of the active crater of Mount Ibu. If there is ash rain, people who are active outside the home are advised to use a nose and mouth shield (mask), as well as glasses to protect their eyes.