Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Saturday, November 29, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (29/11/2025) at 11:55 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.

Citing 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 (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 34 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on November 29, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 133 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 31-72 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-8 millimeters and durations of 37-49 seconds, and 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 51-179 seconds.

PVMBG advises 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 7,107 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,872 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,571 times.

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