Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) at 11:06 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 14 times.

Reporting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) through the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to reach None meters above the peak or 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 54 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 September 10, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 78 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 26-76 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-4 millimeters and durations of 32-38 seconds, and 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 31-209 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 6,039 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,420 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,216 times.

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