Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, September 8, 2024)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (September 8, 2024) at 6:38 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 125 times.
Based on 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 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 September 8, 2024, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 22 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 41-421 seconds.
Furthermore, there were 13 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 14-73 seconds, and 5 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-8 millimeters and durations of 49-316 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 3,587 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku has experienced the most eruptions, with 1,444 events.
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