Mount Ibu Erupts Again in the Early Hours of Today, Eruption Height 600 Meters Above the Peak

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 04:14 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 93 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 and west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 100 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 2, 2025, from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 57 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 27-147 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 133 puffing quakes with amplitudes of 2-19 millimeters and durations of 4-79 seconds, and 17 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 32-172 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 1,794 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (844 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 757 times.