Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, October 15, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) at 00:51 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 10 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 approximately None meters above the peak (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 39 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on October 15, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 80 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 33-156 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 8 millimeters and a duration of 41 seconds, and 14 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-6 millimeters and durations of 28-115 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2.0 kilometers 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 6,654 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,620 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,382 times.

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