Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Thursday, August 14, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (8/14/2025) at 1:36 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 13 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached None meters above the peak or 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 47 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on August 14, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 103 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 39-58 seconds.

Furthermore, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 6 millimeters and a duration of 32 seconds, and 21 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 5-28 millimeters and durations of 57-76 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.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,610 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,247 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,066 times.

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