Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, December 5, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (12/5/2025) at 4:09 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 20 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) through the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to be approximately None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 21 millimeters and a duration of 67 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on December 5, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT, showed 98 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-68 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-6 millimeters and earthquake durations of 38-47 seconds, and 18 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 21-70 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral expansion of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 7,213 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,949 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,598 times.

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