The Ibu volcano, in eastern Indonesia, erupted this Monday and released a column of smoke and 5,000 meter ash high that is moving towards the west, indicated the Indonesian Institute of Volcanology. (Magma).
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The institute stated that the cloud of ash and smoke is dense and gray and raised the alert for aviation to the maximum red level.
The authorities asked that no one come within a radius of less than 3 kilometers and established a broader restriction of 5 kilometers in the northern area of the volcano, where the active crater is located.
Indonesia It is home to more than 400 volcanoesof which at least 129 remain active and 65 are classified as dangerous.
The Indonesian archipelago sits within the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of great seismic and volcanic activity that is shaken by some 7,000 earthquakes a year, most of small magnitude.
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