Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, August 27, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (8/27/2025) at 07:57 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 12 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 reach None meters above the summit (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 53 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on August 27, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 117 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 33-70 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and durations of 31-40 seconds, and 20 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 32-94 seconds.

PVMBG urged 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 5,821 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,329 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,131 times.

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