Mount Dukono Erupts Again This Afternoon (Monday, September 8, 2025)
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Mount Dukono in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (8/9/2025) at 17:54 WIT (Eastern Indonesia Time). In the last week, Mount Dukono only erupted once.
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 (1,487 meters above sea level).
The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate intensity moving northwest. The eruption of Mount Dukono was still ongoing when this report was made.
(Read: Jakarta''s Air Quality This Morning is the Third Worst in the World (Tuesday, June 6, 2023))
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Dukono''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on September 8, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 1 continuous tremor earthquake with an amplitude of 1-8 millimeters, dominant at 2 millimeters.
PVMBG urges the public around Mount Dukono and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities, climb, or approach Malupang Warirang Crater within a 4-kilometer radius.
Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 6,013 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,410 times), while Mount Dukono erupted 494 times.
(Read: Air Quality in Major Indonesian Cities is Poor, Far from WHO Standards)
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