Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, April 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 6:38 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 68 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 400 meters above the peak (1,725 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 44 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 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 27 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and durations of 21-59 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 26 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 3-9 millimeters and durations of 17-46 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-28 millimeters and durations of 43-144 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 2,998 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,345 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,159 times.