Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, August 29, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (8/29/2025) at 11:24 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to be approximately 400 meters above the summit (1,725 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 72 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on August 29, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 112 eruptive/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-28 millimeters and durations of 33-76 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 2 gaseous emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-7 millimeters and durations of 40-42 seconds, and 19 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 21.82-114.19 seconds.

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.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,872 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,351 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,146 times.

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