Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Thursday, July 31, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (7/31/2025) at 01:05 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 20 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 55 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 July 31, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 115 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-74 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 5 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-14 millimeters and durations of 34-66 seconds, and 21 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 36-160 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public 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 5,391 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,164 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 1,995 times.

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