TEMPO.CO, Banyuwangi - Mount Raung erupted on Saturday afternoon, June 14, 2025, with an eruption column reaching 1,500 meters above mountainpeak.
Mukijo, the Observation Post Officer of Mount Raung in Kampung Mangaran, Sumber Arum Village, Songgon District, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, mentioned in his report that the eruption occurred at 04:53 p.m. local time. "The ash column was observed to be grayish black in color with moderate to thick intensity, leaning toward the southwest and west," said Mukijo in his written report on Saturday afternoon, June 14, 2025.
As per the release of this article, there has been no change in the volcanic activity level of Mount Raung, which administratively and geographically covers Banyuwangi, Jember, and Bondowoso regencies.
The Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) announced that the volcanic activity of Mount Raung remains at Level II, which caution visitors to avoid 3-kilometer radius of the crater.
Meanwhile, the seismic observations in the last 24 hours until early Saturday morning mentioned several seismic activities, including 5 times of eruption tremors with an amplitude of 4-5 mm and earthquake duration of 36-52 seconds.
It was also recorded on the seismograph of the Mount Raung observation post that there was 1 local tectonic earthquake with an amplitude of 32 mm, S-P 5.5 seconds, and a duration of 72 seconds. In addition, there were 3 distant tectonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 6-32 mm, S-P 14-39 seconds, and an earthquake duration of 55-165 seconds. It was also observed that there was 1 continuous volcanic tremor with an amplitude of 0.5-5 mm, predominantly 1 mm.
Mount Raung has seen a series of eruptions since Friday night, June 13, 2025, which continues overnight, with the eruption column reaching 1,000 meters high above the peak.
Regarding the eruption at Mount Raung, the Head of the Geological Agency, Muhammad Wafid, stated that the seismic activity of Raung is dominated by eruption earthquakes, with 16 occurrences during the period of June 7-11, 2025.
The eruption material of Mount Raung from June 5 to 12, 2025, predominantly consisted of ash-sized rocks, mostly limited around the crater area, thus not posing any changes in hazards.
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