Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, October 22, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (22/10/2025) at 07:48 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 14 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 around 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 49 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on October 22, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 78 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 34-76 seconds.

Subsequently, 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-11 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-52 seconds, and 17 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and earthquake durations of 34-189 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2.0 kilometers and a sectoral expansion of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 6,752 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,666 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,427 times.

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