Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Monday, October 6, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (October 6, 2025) at 08:29 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 2 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 observed reached 500 meters above the peak (1,825 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 38 seconds.

(Read: 4.5 M Earthquake Shakes 94 Km Southwest of Banda Aceh,)

According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on October 6, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 84 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 16-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-87 seconds.

Then, 3 gust earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 34-36 seconds, and 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and earthquake durations of 38-149 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 6,548 volcano eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,562 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,356 times.

(Read: Last Five Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Saturday, July 19, 2025 13:53:43 WIB))