Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 09.06 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 31 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to be approximately 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 southeast. 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, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on February 12, 2025, from 00.00 to 06.00 WIT showed 19 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 19-28 millimeters and durations of 53-131 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 22 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-15 millimeters and durations of 14-61 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-7 millimeters and durations of 47-237 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 1,195 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (614 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 501 times.