Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, September 24, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (9/24/2025) at 17:54 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 observed reached 500 meters above the peak (1,825 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with thick intensity towards the southeast. Mount Ibu''s eruption was still ongoing when this report was made.

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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 September 24, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 73 eruption tremors with amplitudes of 16-28 millimeters and tremor durations of 33-74 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation tremor with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and a duration of 52 seconds, and 18 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 42-184 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges 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 6,306 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,481 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,288 times.

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