Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, January 31, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday, January 31, 2025, at 10:38 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 80 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to reach 600 meters above the peak or 1,925 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 79 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on January 31, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WIT showed 28 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 9-28 millimeters and durations of 31-126 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 20 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-6 millimeters and durations of 19-53 seconds, and 4 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-3 millimeters and durations of 27-62 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 5-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 942 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (461 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 420 times.