Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, August 8, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (8/8/2025) at 17:07 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 25 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 600 meters above the peak (1,925 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 17 millimeters and a duration of 50 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 8, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 98 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-77 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-12 millimeters and earthquake durations of 37-52 seconds, as well as 19 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-437 seconds.

PVMBG advises 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 5,515 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,207 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,041 times.

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