Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, January 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (19/1/2025) at 6:40 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 127 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 white to gray with thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 27 millimeters and a duration of 46 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level IV (Alert). Seismic observations on January 19, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WIT showed 23 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 9-28 millimeters and durations of 40-58 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 29 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 21-49 seconds, and 13 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-12 millimeters and durations of 33-244 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 5-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 6 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 501 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (267 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 210 times.