Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Monday, February 24, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday, February 24, 2025, at 09:31 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 9 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 600 meters above the peak or 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 28 millimeters and a duration of 63 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on February 24, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WIT showed 18 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and durations of 54-137 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 14 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-11 millimeters and durations of 14-60 seconds, and 4 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-5 millimeters and durations of 80-126 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 1,543 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (749 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 673 times.