Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) at 10:07 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 8 times.

According to 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 None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 67 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on December 9, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 104 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 47-81 seconds.

Additionally, 8 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-9 millimeters and durations of 32-147 seconds, as well as 94 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 5-12 millimeters and durations of 17-29 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 extension of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 7,269 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,989 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,614 times.

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