Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, December 24, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (24/12/2025) at 21:29 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 10 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 None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 52 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 24, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 91 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 41-92 seconds.

Then, 3 times gas-emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 9-13 millimeters and earthquake durations of 37-48 seconds, and 7 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 43-188 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 7,502 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (3,127 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,704 times.

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