Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, December 26, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (12/26/2025) at 09:50 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 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 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 southeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 63 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 26, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT, showed 86 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 32-74 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 rockfall earthquake with an amplitude of 2 mm and a duration of 65 seconds, and 2 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-4 millimeters and durations of 31-34 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 recorded 7,517 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,132 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,713 times.

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