Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, October 27, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (October 27, 2025) at 21:10 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 2 times.

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

The visual of the eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 26 millimeters and a duration of 57 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 October 27, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 78 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 30-86 seconds.

Additionally, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-10 millimeters and durations of 39-49 seconds, and 7 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-6 millimeters and durations of 25-51 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2.0 kilometers 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 6,794 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,688 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,447 times.

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