Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, February 21, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 10:22 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 71 times.

According to 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 west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 33 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 21, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WIT showed 17 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 52-91 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 38 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-13 millimeters and durations of 14-62 seconds, and 7 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-21 millimeters and durations of 72-144 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 expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,440 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (710 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 633 times.