Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, November 25, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (11/25/2025) at 00:46 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 5 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to be around 300 meters above the peak or 1,625 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 56 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on November 25, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 73 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and quake durations of 30-99 seconds.

Then, 3 exhalation quakes with amplitudes of 3-6 millimeters and quake durations of 34-36 seconds, and 9 harmonic quakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and quake durations of 40-78 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 7,034 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,821 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,549 times.

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