Mother Mountain in Maluku North broke 5 times since this day

Mother Mountain in West Halmahera, suffered five eruptions in a matter of hours. The height of the volcanic ash column is about 300-500 meters above the top.

Updated: Oct 20, 2026, 2:15 PM 2 min read deublitz newsroom Negative

Mom Mountain, which is in West Halmahera District, North Maluku, suffered five consecutive eruptions in a matter of hours on Tuesday. The Geology Department of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESSM) records the height of volcanic ash columns range 300-500 meters above the top.

Between Tuesday (20 / 10 / 2026), the head of the Lana Saria Geology Agency said the series of volcanic activities was recorded from dawn to noon. According to the watch post report, the first eruption occurred at 03.52 WIT with a high column of ash about 300 meters.

Gray ash with intensity being observed leaning east. It was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and 37 seconds duration.

The explosion occurred at 09.55 WIT with the height of the ash column reaching 300 meters above the summit. The observed ash leads northeast and the eruption is recorded with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 1 minute 24 seconds.

Lana said the third eruption was recorded at 10: 30 p.m. with high ash columns reaching 500 meters above the peaks and heading northwest. The eruption lasted for 1 minute and 13 seconds with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters.

Lana said the eruption activity was back during the day, which was at 13.10 WIT with a high column of ash 300 feet due west. The fifth eruption was recorded at 14.39 WIT with a column of ash 300 meters high that leads northeast. Most eruptions have the same maximum amplitude, which is 28 millimeters.

Following the series of activities, the Geology Agency says your mountain status is still at Level II or alert. Geological agencies also remind people, visitors, and tourists not to engage within a two-kilometer radius and a sectoral expansion of 3.5 kilometers to the surface of the crater in the north of the active crater.

Moreover, outdoor citizens are also charged with masks and eye armor in case of volcanic ash rain around affected areas. People are being asked to keep the situation conducive, not spreading false information or hoaks, and following official orders from the local government or the Mother Mountain Observation Post in Gam Ici, West Halmahera.