Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Saturday, September 7, 2024)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 1:26 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 103 times.
According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption was not visually observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 82 seconds.
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on September 7, 2024, from 00:00 to 06:00 WIT showed 25 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 8-28 millimeters and durations of 41-87 seconds.
Furthermore, there were 18 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-7 millimeters and durations of 27-52 seconds, and 5 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 24-154 seconds.
PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 4-kilometer radius and a 5-kilometer sectoral expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.
During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 3,552 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku has experienced the most eruptions, with 1,422 recorded events.
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