Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Sunday, March 9, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 10:57 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 height of the ash column was observed to be approximately 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 81 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on March 9, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WIT showed 35 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 26-103 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 62 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-8 millimeters and durations of 20-57 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 8-28 millimeters and durations of 59-232 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 2,009 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (942 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 832 times.