Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, October 14, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (14/10/2025) at 8:48 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 8 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 400 meters above the peak (1,725 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 15 millimeters and a duration of 63 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on October 14, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 72 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 29-81 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 43-44 seconds, and 17 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 61-211 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2.0-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 6,649 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,618 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,380 times.

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