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

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 10:44 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 91 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 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 northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 113 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 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WIT showed 17 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 20-28 millimeters and durations of 53-114 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 33 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-19 millimeters and durations of 14-79 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 4-7 millimeters and durations of 60-95 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 extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,786 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (840 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 755 times.