Mount Dukono North Halmahera Sprays Volcanic Ash As High As 1.1 Kilometers, Alert Status

Dukono Volcano In North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku On Sunday (19/1) afternoon at around 11:47 WIT/DOK ANTARA

TERNATE - Dukono Volcano in North Halmahera Regency, North Maluku on Sunday afternoon at around 11:47 WIT was reported to have erupted again by ejecting volcanic ash as high as 1.1 kilometers above the top of the mountain.

"It is true that there is an eruption of Mount Dukono," said an officer of the Dukono Volcano Observation Post (PGA) in North Halmahera Regency, M Saum Amin in a statement released by ANTARA in Ternate, Sunday, January 19.

The eruption of Mount Dukono emitting a column of ash was observed to be white to gray with thick intensity leaning towards the Southwest, Northwest, and West.

He explained that the volcanic eruption was recorded on a seismogram with an amplitude of 15 mm and a duration of 73.38 seconds.

"Currently, the condition of Mount Dukono is still Level II or Alert," he said.

People around Mount Dukono and visitors are advised not to do activities, climb, and approach the 'Malupang Warirang' crater within a 4 kilometer radius.

He said eruptions with volcanic ash periodically occurred and the distribution of ash followed the direction and speed of the wind, so that the ash land area did not remain.

"People around Mount Dukono are asked to always provide masks to avoid the threat of volcanic ash in the respiratory system," he said.

For information, Mount Dokuno was recorded in the January 17 period of the mountain as many as 347 eruptions with an observed height of 100 - 800 meters above the top of the mountain. He explained that the volcano as high as 1,087 meters above sea level was mostly covered in fog from above the peak.