Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Monday, February 17, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday, February 17, 2025, at 5:29 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 17 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 700 meters above the peak or 2,025 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 66 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on February 17, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 27 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 7-28 millimeters and durations of 30-79 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 24 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-5 millimeters and durations of 33-39 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-14 millimeters and durations of 19-322 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 1,339 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (669 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 579 times.