Warning! Mount Dukono Erupts Again This Evening (Thursday, March 13, 2025)

Mount Dukono in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 4:43 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Dukono has erupted 12 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to be approximately 800 meters above the peak (1,887 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray in color with thick intensity towards the west and northwest. The eruption of Mount Dukono was still ongoing at the time of this report.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Dukono is at Level II (Alert). Observations of seismicity on March 13, 2025, from 00.00 to 23.59 WIT showed 180 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 7-34 millimeters and durations of 39.61-147.93 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 distant tectonic earthquake with an amplitude of 24 millimeters, an S-P time of 15.02 seconds, and a duration of 76.79 seconds, as well as 1 continuous tremor with an amplitude of 1-6 millimeters, predominantly 4 millimeters.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Dukono and visitors/tourists not to conduct activities, climb, or approach the Malupang Warirang Crater within a 4-kilometer radius.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,137 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,001 eruptions), while Mount Dukono erupted 36 times.