The Ibu volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera island erupted again on Monday.
Jakarta:
The Ibu volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera island has erupted again, sending volcanic ash 5,000 meters high to its peak, the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said.
The eruption occurred at 11:36 a.m. local time on Monday, lasting more than two minutes, and the thick ash column tilted southwest and west, Ridwan Djalil, an officer at the Ibu Volcano Observation Post, said on Monday. fair, cited by the Xinhua news agency.
The center raised its danger status from level three to four, the highest, on May 16, following a significant increase in recent activity on the mountain.
Local people are asked to avoid the danger zone within a radius of 4 km and 7 km in the northern sector of the crater.
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