Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, March 29, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 10:50 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 49 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 400 meters above the peak (1,725 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 24 millimeters and a duration of 40 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 29, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WIT showed 17 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 25-54 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 56 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-8 millimeters and durations of 20-36 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-11 millimeters and durations of 37-75 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 2,495 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,154 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 975 times.