Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, December 14, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (14/12/2025) at 12:03 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 44 times.

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

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 25 millimeters and a duration of 47 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on December 14, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 117 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-75 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 8 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 39 seconds, and 14 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-103 seconds occurred.

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 7,336 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,019 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,650 times.

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