Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, August 24, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (August 24, 2025) at 19:17 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 36 times.

According to 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 or None meters above sea level.

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcano activity report, Mount Ibu''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 24, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 129 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 36-77 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 4 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-10 millimeters and durations of 38-45 seconds, and 24 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 34-260 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 5,777 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has erupted the most (2,309 times), while Mount Ibu has erupted 2,119 times.

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