Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, October 2, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (October 2, 2025) at 23:32 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 28 times.

Citing 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).

Visual eruption was not observed. Mount Ibu's eruption was still ongoing when this report was made.

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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 October 2, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 101 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-74 seconds.

Then, 3 gust earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-8 millimeters and earthquake durations of 34-42 seconds, and 13 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 26-138 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 6,508 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,547 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,343 times.

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