Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, August 17, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (August 17, 2025) at 8:52 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.

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

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 56 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 17, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 111 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 38.28-75.65 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-6 millimeters and earthquake durations of 46.61-46.91 seconds, and 20 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 49.42-107 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral expansion of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,659 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has erupted the most (2,273 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 2,080 times.

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