Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Saturday, December 13, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (13/12/2025) at 11:07 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 34 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 summit (None meters above sea level).

Eruption visuals were not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 49 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 December 13, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 85 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 42-95 seconds.

Furthermore, 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-9 millimeters and earthquake durations of 57-78 seconds, and 14 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-15 millimeters and earthquake durations of 28-137 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges communities around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to conduct 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 7,325 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (3,018 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,640 times.

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