Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, April 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 10:42 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 61 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 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 39 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on April 19, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WIT showed 30 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 16-28 millimeters and durations of 39-75 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 27 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2-14 millimeters and durations of 17-60 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2 millimeters and durations of 23-36 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 extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,977 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,341 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 1,152 times.