Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, November 25, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (25/11/2025) at 11:15 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 7 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 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the north. Mount Ibu's eruption was still ongoing when this report was made.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on November 25, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 107 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 36-72 seconds.

Additionally, there were 2 rockfall earthquakes with amplitudes of 2 mm and durations of 46-52 seconds, and 2 gas emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-10 millimeters and durations of 35-39 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 7,042 volcano eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,827 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,551 times.

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