Geological Agency Clarifies Mount Gede Eruption Hoax

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TEMPO.CO, Bandung - The Geological Agency denies the news circulating on social media about the Mount Gede eruption in West Java, with videos attached depicting an eruption column over the mountain peak.

"The Geological Agency declares that the illustrated video is false or a hoax," said the Head of the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Muhammad Wafid, in a written statement on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. According to him, the video was taken from the eruption activity of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra.

Based on visual activity monitoring from the Mount Gede Volcano Observation Post located in Ciloto Village, Pacet District, Cianjur Regency, it is known that there has been no eruption or emission of ash columns above the mount crater.

It was reported that the mountain experienced a surge in volcanic earthquakes on April 1, 2025. However, visual observations during the period of January 1-8, 2025, showed visible surface activity consisting of thin to moderate white smoke emanating from the Wadon Crater.

Mount Gede seen from the tourist area of Cibodas, Cipanas District, Cianjur, West Java. A/Ahmad Fikri

The height of the white smoke from the crater ranges from 50 to 100 meters. There has been no increase in the activity of smoke emissions from the crater. Seismic monitoring results also indicated no further increase in volcanic earthquakes.

Thus, the volcanic activity of Mount Gede as of the morning of April 8, was still classified as Level I, or normal. The Geological Agency recommends that the communities around the mountain and tourists do not descend, approach, or stay within a 600-meter radius from the Wadon Crater.

Wafid explained that the last eruption of Mount Gede occurred in 1957, with the eruption column reaching 3,000 meters high above Kawah Ratu.

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