Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, October 17, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (17/10/2025) at 10.41 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 times.

Reporting 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).

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 49 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on October 17, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 64 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 31-82 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 rockfall earthquake with an amplitude of 2 mm and a duration of 32 seconds, and 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 4 millimeters and a duration of 32 seconds.

PVMBG advises 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 6,685 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,631 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,396 times.

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