Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Evening (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (15/1/2025) at 16:47 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 55 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 None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

The eruption was not visually observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 102 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level IV (Alert). Seismic observations on January 15, 2025, from 06:00 to 12:00 WIT showed 10 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 8-28 millimeters and durations of 42-131 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 84 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 14-65 seconds, and 4 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-8 millimeters and durations of 41-95 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities, climb, or approach Mount Ibu within a 5-kilometer radius and a 6-kilometer sectoral radius from the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 368 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (215 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 138 times.