Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, March 28, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday, March 28, 2025, at 11:24 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 43 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 500 meters above the peak (1,825 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 22 millimeters and a duration of 43 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 28, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WIT showed 25 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 24-53 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 46 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 3-8 millimeters and durations of 24-59 seconds, and 7 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-14 millimeters and durations of 25-228 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 4-kilometer radius and a 5-kilometer sectoral expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,483 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,149 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 969 times.