Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, September 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (September 19, 2025) at 2:56 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 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 (None meters above sea level).

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 64 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on September 19, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 97 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 32-90 seconds.

Subsequently, there was 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 5 millimeters and a duration of 34 seconds, and 18 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 22-210 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 6,150 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,462 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,264 times.

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