Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, August 8, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (8/8/2025) at 8:38 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.

Based on 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 600 meters above the peak (1,925 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. 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 volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on August 8, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 98 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and durations of 35-77 seconds.

Subsequently, 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-12 millimeters and durations of 37-52 seconds, and 19 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 32-437 seconds occurred.

PVMBG advises 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 5,520 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,207 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,043 times.

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