Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (9/30/2025) at 13:39 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 12 times.

Reporting 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 around None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The eruption's visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 63 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on September 30, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 117 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 17-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 27-78 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 3 rockfall earthquakes with an amplitude of 2 mm and durations of 37-39 seconds, and 5 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-10 millimeters and durations of 31-53 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral expansion of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 6,470 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,537 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,327 times.

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