Ternate, N Maluku, March 25 -- Mount Dukono in North Halmahera District, North Maluku, erupted on Tuesday morning at around 7:54 a.m. Eastern Indonesia Time (WIT), releasing a volcanic ash column that reached 600 meters above its summit.

Mount Dukono Observation Post officer M. Saum Amin confirmed this eruption in an official statement received here on Tuesday.

The observed column of volcanic ash was described as thick, greyish in color, and drifting towards the northeast and east.

The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a duration of 46.75 seconds.

Amin noted that the ash dispersion aligned with the strong wind blowing towards the east and northeast.

"The volcano was still erupting when the report was created," he stated.

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