TERNATE - The Ibu Volcano Observation Post (PGA) in West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, reported the eruption of the mountain by ejecting volcanic ash as high as 600 meters accompanied by incandescent lava.
"Yes, the eruption was accompanied by incandescent lava bursts as high as 100 meters," said PGA Ibu Post officer Richard Chaniago as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 25.
The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity leaning towards the east and this eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 28 mm and a duration of > 59 seconds.
He explained that currently the condition of the volcano as high as 1,325 meters above sea level is at Level III or Alert.
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People around Mount Ibu and visitors or tourists, so as 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 on the mountain.
"If there is ash rain, people who are active outside the home are advised to use a nose, mouth (mask) and eyes (glasses), so as to avoid exposure to volcanic ash," he said.
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