Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, October 14, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (14/10/2025) at 18:06 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 6 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 700 meters above the peak (2,025 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 61 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on October 14, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 72 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 29-81 seconds.

Furthermore, 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-10 millimeters and durations of 43-44 seconds, and 17 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 61-211 seconds occurred.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a radius of 2.0 kilometers 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 6,646 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,617 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,378 times.

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