Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, September 11, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (September 11, 2025) at 8:02 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 20 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 summit (None meters above sea level).

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 62 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcano activity report, Mount Ibu''s activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on September 11, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 128 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-71 seconds.

Then, 14 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-3 millimeters and earthquake durations of 17-73 seconds, and 110 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 17-29 seconds.

PVMBG urges communities around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2-kilometer radius 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 6,054 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,427 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,222 times.

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