Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, October 24, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (October 24, 2025) at 00:45 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 18 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to be approximately 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 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 49 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on October 24, 2025, from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 91 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-188 seconds.

Subsequently, 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 23-72 seconds, and 114 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 17-29 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 6,762 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,672 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,431 times.

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