Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, August 5, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (5/8/2025) at 18:37 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 10 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 was observed to be around None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The visual of the eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 54 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 5, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 118 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 9-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 24-67 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-7 millimeters and durations of 30-33 seconds, as well as 28 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 40-289 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 5,472 volcano eruptions in Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,195 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,026 times.

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