Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, April 16, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 09:46 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 28 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 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the south. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 33 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on April 16, 2025, from 18:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 22 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 25-70 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 48 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-17 millimeters and durations of 14-67 seconds, and 1 harmonic tremor with an amplitude of 14 millimeters and a duration of 76 seconds.

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

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,865 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,308 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,119 times.