Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Thursday, March 13, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 5:02 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 43 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 at approximately 800 meters above the peak or 2,125 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 87 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 13, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 23 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and durations of 35-68 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 23 emission quakes with amplitudes of 2-17 millimeters and durations of 18-51 seconds, and 9 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-21 millimeters and durations of 48-186 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to conduct 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 2,139 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,001 eruptions), while Mount Ibu erupted 875 times.