Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (9/9/2025) at 02:32 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 4 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 600 meters above the peak or 1,925 meters above sea level.
The ash column was observed to be white to gray with thick intensity towards the west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 34.24 seconds.
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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on September 9, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 52 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 33-85 seconds.
Then, 2 exhalation earthquakes with an amplitude of 2 millimeters and durations of 48-60 seconds, and 17 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 22-124 seconds.
PVMBG urges communities around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2 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 6,018 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,413 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,206 times.
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