Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, September 7, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (7/9/2025) at 3:40 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 33 times.

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

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 52 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on September 7, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 47 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-28 millimeters and durations of 32-52 seconds.

Followed by 9 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-11 millimeters and durations of 30-495 seconds, and 53 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-12 millimeters and durations of 17-29 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 5,993 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,401 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,197 times.

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