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

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (8/8/2025) at 21:40 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 28 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column was about None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 58 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 8, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 98 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and durations of 35-77 seconds.

Then, 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 were recorded.

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 5,522 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,208 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,044 times.

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