Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, March 22, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at 8:06 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 30 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 at 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 49 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 22, 2025, from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 64 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-28 millimeters and durations of 25-70 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 106 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-12 millimeters and durations of 17-53 seconds, and 11 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-24 millimeters and durations of 46-386 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 2,359 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,078 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 932 times.