Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, April 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 7:44 a.m. WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 59 times.

Based on 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 reach 600 meters above the peak (1,925 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 20 millimeters and a duration of 50 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on April 19, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. WIT showed 20 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 26-70 seconds.

Then, there was 1 rockfall earthquake with an amplitude of 5 mm and a duration of 53 seconds, and 33 tremor earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-12 millimeters and durations of 14-53 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 2,969 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,340 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,150 times.