Mount Dukono Erupts Again This Afternoon, Ash Plume Around 1,000 Meters High

Mount Dukono in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (7/27/2025) at 3:21 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Dukono has erupted 16 times.

Citing 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 approximately 1,000 meters above the peak (2,087 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to grey with thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 14 millimeters and a duration of 107.08 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Dukono is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on July 27, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 185 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-34 millimeters and earthquake durations of 33.17-191.63 seconds.

Then, 1 felt earthquake occurred, scale II MMI with an amplitude of 34 millimeters, s-p unobserved, and an earthquake duration of 244.54 seconds, and 1 distant tectonic earthquake with an amplitude of 34 millimeters, s-p unobserved, and an earthquake duration of 141.55 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Dukono and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities, climb, or approach Malupang Warirang Crater within a 4-kilometer radius.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,335 volcano eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,144 times) while Mount Dukono erupted 448 times.

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