Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, August 6, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (8/6/2025) at 10:54 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 18 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 around 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 66 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 6, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 129 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 16-28 millimeters and durations of 34-79 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 4 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 37-46 seconds, and 30 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 32-152 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2 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 5,490 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,198 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,034 times.

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