Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, January 25, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 7:50 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 119 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 to reach 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 65 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level IV (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on January 25, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 12 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 15-18 millimeters and durations of 44-92 seconds.

Then, there were 22 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-18 millimeters and durations of 21-53 seconds, and 10 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-8 millimeters and durations of 38-181 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 4.5-kilometer radius and a 6-kilometer sectoral extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 731 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (356 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 324 times.