Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, April 20, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday, April 20, 2025, at 4:11 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 78 times.

According to 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 reach None meters above the peak or 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 44 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 20, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 21 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 17-28 millimeters and durations of 35-55 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 26 tremor events with amplitudes of 4-6 millimeters and durations of 26-30 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-5 millimeters and durations of 41-45 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 extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 3,048 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,359 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,169 times.