Mount Dukono Erupts Again This Morning, Ash Plume Around 800 Meters High
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Mount Dukono in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (August 10, 2025) at 07:25 WIT. In the past week, Mount Dukono has erupted 11 times.
Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 800 meters above the summit (1,887 meters above sea level).
The ash column was observed to be white to grey with thick intensity towards the northwest. Mount Dukono's eruption was still ongoing when this report was made.
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Dukono's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 10, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 233 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 6-20 millimeters and durations of 33.67-102.14 seconds. Additionally, there was 1 continuous tremor quake with an amplitude of 3-20 millimeters, dominantly 5 millimeters.
PVMBG urges the public around Mount Dukono and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities, climb, or approach Malupang Warirang Crater within a 4-kilometer radius.
Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,539 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,212 times), while Mount Dukono erupted 470 times.
(Read: BNPB Recorded 52 Natural Disasters in Mid-August 2023, Most Were Forest and Land Fires)
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