Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, August 17, 2024)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 6:34 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 97 times.
Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 77 seconds.
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on August 17, 2024, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 35 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 7-28 millimeters and durations of 40-128 seconds.
Furthermore, there were 36 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 29-42 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-3.5 millimeters and durations of 34-52 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 extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.
During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,881 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku has experienced the most eruptions with 1,073 events.
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