Mount Marapi Erupts Today, Status on Alert

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted again on Friday (July 25, 2025) at 5:30 PM WIB. In the last week, Mount Marapi has erupted 2 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column observed reached None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 26.5 millimeters and a duration of 46 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Marapi's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on July 25, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIB showed 1 eruption/explosion earthquake with an amplitude of 30.5 millimeters and a duration of 78 seconds.

Then, 3 shallow volcanic earthquakes with an amplitude of 1 millimeter and a duration of 8-10 seconds, and 1 deep volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 11.8 millimeters s-p 1.4 seconds and a duration of 17 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Marapi and climbers/visitors/tourists not to enter or conduct activities within a 3-kilometer radius from the center of activity (Verbeek Crater) of Mount Marapi.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,309 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,140 times), while Mount Marapi erupted 79 times.

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