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Halmahera's Mount Ibu erupts, spewing big ash cloud

Mount Ibu erupted at 07:11 a.m. (2211 GMT Tuesday) for around two minutes, the volcanology agency said in a statement. Clouds of thick grey ash billowed into the sky leaning towards the west, said Muhammad Wahid, the agency's head. 

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Wed, January 15, 2025

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Halmahera's Mount Ibu erupts, spewing big ash cloud This handout picture taken and released on January 11, 2025 by Indonesian Geological Agency shows Mount Ibu spewing volcanic material approximately 4,000 meters high during an eruption as observed from the Mount Ibu Volcano Observation Post in West Halmahera, North Maluku on January 11, 2025. (AFP/Handout)

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volcano located in Halmahera erupted on Wednesday morning spewing a four-km (2.5-mile) high ash cloud, forcing authorities to raise the alert level in surrounding areas to the highest, officials said.

Mount Ibu erupted at 07:11 a.m. (2211 GMT Tuesday) for around two minutes, the volcanology agency said in a statement. Clouds of thick grey ash billowed into the sky leaning towards the west, said Muhammad Wahid, the agency's head. 

"Residents and tourists should not have any activities within at least 5 km (3 miles) from the crater," he said. 

Mount Ibu also erupted on Tuesday afternoon, spewing three-km (1.86-mile) high volcanic ash. 

There are around 13,000 residents living near the volcano, said the spokesperson of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency Abdul Muhari. However, there is no plan to evacuate the residents so far. 

"Today's eruption has not yet affected the residents directly. But we have deployed personnel just in case evacuation is needed," he told Reuters.

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Ibu's activities follow a series of eruptions of different volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and has 127 active volcanoes.

Ibu had a series of eruptions last year. In May last year, it had forced the evacuation of people living in seven nearby villages.

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