Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, March 26, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 4:09 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 23 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 or 1,825 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the east. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on March 26, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 29 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 33-68 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 71 puffing quakes with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 18-77 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-10 millimeters and durations of 53-146 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in 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 2,431 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,122 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 949 times.