Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Evening (Thursday, March 20, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 4:20 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 500 meters above the peak (1,825 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 42 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 20, 2025, from 00.00 to 06.00 WIT showed 23 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 29-71 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 31 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-13 millimeters and durations of 18-59 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 43-245 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 expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,321 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,057 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 926 times.