Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 7:49 a.m. WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 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 reach 500 meters above the peak or 1,825 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 60 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on April 8, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. WIT showed 24 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 20-52 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 58 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-9 millimeters and durations of 15-36 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-7 millimeters and durations of 39-78 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 2,672 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,235 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,038 times.