Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, March 15, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 10:21 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 64 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 None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The eruption was not visually observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 47 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 15, 2025, from 18:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 34 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 19-28 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 42 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 3-9 millimeters and durations of 19-30 seconds, and 9 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 23-132 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 2,187 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,011 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 896 times.