Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Sunday, April 6, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 08.08 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 39 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 600 meters above the peak or 1,925 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the north. 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 6, 2025, from 18.00 to 23.59 WIT showed 32 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 21-57 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 49 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 19-53 seconds, and 5 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-25 millimeters and durations of 37-84 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 2,628 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,218 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,018 times.