Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Thursday, February 6, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 7:23 a.m. WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 22 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to reach None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

The eruption was not visually observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 78 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on February 6, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. WIT showed 10 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 21-28 millimeters and durations of 44-90 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 17 emission quakes with amplitudes of 2-16 millimeters and durations of 20-54 seconds, and 9 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-21 millimeters and durations of 35-100 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 1,060 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (542 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 452 times.