Mount Ibu Eruption Vomits Abu As High As 3,000 Meters

The ash from the eruption of Mount Ibu on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Wednesday (3/7/2024). (ANTARA/HO-PVMBG)

JAKARTA - Mount Ibu on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, erupted and spewed ash as high as approximately 3,000 meters above the peak.

Head of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Hendra Gunawan said the eruption occurred at 14:56 WIT, Wednesday, July 3.

Reported by ANTARA, the eruption of Mount Ibu was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 28 mm and a duration of approximately 2 minutes 5 seconds.

Mount Ibu observation post officers observed gray to black ash columns with moderate to thick intensity leaning towards the west and northwest.

Currently, Mount Ibu is at alert status or level III.

PVMBG urges the community around Mount Ibu and tourists not to move within a 4 kilometer radius and to expand sectorally 5 kilometers to the crater opening in the northern part of the active crater of Mount Ibu.

Mount Ibu is a volcano that has a peak height of 1,340 meters above sea level. Administratively, the mountain entered the area of Ibu District, West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province.