Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, October 29, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (10/29/2025) at 00.44 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 7 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

Eruption visuals were not observed. Mount Ibu's eruption was still ongoing when this report was made.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on October 29, 2025, at 00.00-23.59 WIT showed 6 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-90 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 6 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 37 seconds, as well as 19 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-8 millimeters and earthquake durations of 26-172 seconds.

PVMBG urged 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 6,811 volcano eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,700 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,452 times.

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