Mount Ibu Lontarkan Abu Volcanic Up To 2,000 Meters

Mount Ibu emits volcanic ash up to 2,000 meters (2 kilometers) in Ternate, North Maluku, Thursday (9/10/2025). BETWEEN/HO-Mother's PGA

JAKARTA - The Mother's Volcano Observation Post (PGA) in West Halmahera Regency, North Maluku, reported that Mount Ibu ejected volcanic ash up to 2,000 meters high or 2 kilometers from the top of the mountain.

"The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity leaning towards the northeast," said PGA Ibu officer Richard Chaniago as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, October 9.

This eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 28 mm and a duration of ~ 1 minute 50 seconds from the PGA Ibu Post in Gam Ici Village, Ibu District.

He explained that currently the volcano as high as 1,325 meters above sea level is at Level II or Alert status.

Therefore, the people around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists should not move within a radius of 2.0 kilometers and the sectoral expansion is 3.5 kilometers to the crater opening in the northern part of the active crater of Mount Ibu.

"If ash rains, people who are active outside the home are advised to wear masks and glasses," he said.

The day before, PGA Ibu reported that Mount Ibu on Wednesday night erupted again by ejecting volcanic ash as high as 400 meters from above the top of the mountain.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with thick intensity leaning towards the Northeast and this eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 28 mm and a duration of approximately 33 seconds.

He said the eruption of Mount Ibu was recorded on a seismogram with amax of 28 mm, with a duration of about 33 seconds.