Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, October 7, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (7/10/2025) at 23:21 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 4 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 peak (None meters above sea level).

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 51 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 7, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 64 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-117 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 6 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 44 seconds, and 70 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 10-147 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 6,574 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,581 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,358 times.

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