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

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (October 24, 2025) at 18:21 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached 600 meters above the peak or 1,925 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to grey with moderate to thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 44 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 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 91 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-188 seconds.

Then, 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 23-72 seconds, and 114 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 17-29 seconds.

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 6,766 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,675 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,432 times.

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