Indonesian government geology officials on Thursday raised the alert level from a 3 to a 4 for Mount Ibu, the volcano on Halmahera Island in the North Maluku province in the vast archipelago’s northeastern reaches, the AP reports while noting that the crater has been spewing ash and smoke since last Friday. Indonesia Geology Agency chief Muhammad Wafid said “based on the results of visual and instrumental monitoring which show the occurrence of increased volcanic activity for Mount Ibu, we have raised the alert level from 3 to 4,” and not “Hey if you didn’t already notice this fucking thing’s been erupting for six days now and still some of you dumbasses haven’t evacuated so the best we can do now is up our largely subjective ‘alert level’ to snap you the fuck out of it.”