Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, February 2, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 11:25 WIT (West Indonesia Time). 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 observed ash column height reached 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 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 February 2, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WIT showed 14 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and durations of 51-96 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 25 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-16 millimeters and durations of 20-53 seconds, and 9 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-5 millimeters and durations of 45-82 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 4-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 986 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (492 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 433 times.