Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, October 31, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (31/10/2025) at 13:49 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 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 None meters above the summit (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 59 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on October 31, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 52 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 13-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-81 seconds.

Furthermore, 12 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-8 millimeters and durations of 33-205 seconds, and 109 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 17-29 seconds occurred.

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 6,851 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,728 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,464 times.

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