Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Evening (Friday, January 17, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday, January 17, 2025, at 4:52 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 83 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 500 meters above the peak or 1,825 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 59 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level IV (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on January 17, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 21 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 20-28 millimeters and durations of 43-82 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 22 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-18 millimeters and durations of 19-52 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-11 millimeters and durations of 31-75 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 5-kilometer radius and a 6-kilometer sectoral extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 434 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (246 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 166 times.