Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, March 1, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 6:24 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 90 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 800 meters above the peak (2,125 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 100 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 1, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 18 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 16-28 millimeters and durations of 46-147 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 36 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-17 millimeters and durations of 4-69 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 64-115 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 1,779 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (837 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 754 times.