Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Evening (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 3:32 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 16 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 reach None meters above the peak (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 66 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 19, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 16 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 17-28 millimeters and durations of 29-63 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 32 emission quakes with amplitudes of 2-11 millimeters and durations of 17-59 seconds, and 4 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 5-13 millimeters and durations of 96-146 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 2,298 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,048 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 918 times.