Jakarta, July 4 -- Mount Dukono in North Halmahera, North Maluku, erupted again on Friday morning, belching volcanic ash up to a height of about 1.1 kilometers above its summit.

Bambang Sugiono, an officer at the Dukono Volcano Observation Post under the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), said in Jakarta on Friday that the eruption was recorded at 5:49 a.m. Eastern Indonesia Time (WIT).

"The ash column reached about 1,100 meters above the summit, or 2,187 meters above sea level. The thick gray-to-black ash was observed drifting eastward. As of this report, the eruption is still ongoing," Sugiono informed.

A similar eruption, with ash column height of 1.1 kilometers, had been recorded on the mornin...