Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, April 3, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 11:03 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to be approximately 800 meters above the peak or 2,125 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 61 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 3, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WIT showed 20 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 24-51 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 17 tremor events with amplitudes of 3-16 millimeters and durations of 18-40 seconds, and 1 harmonic tremor with an amplitude of 9 millimeters and a duration of 60 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to conduct 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 2,581 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,199 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,003 times.