Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, December 12, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (12/12/2025) at 09:42 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.

According to 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.

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 25 millimeters and a duration of 46 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on December 12, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 122 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 37-63 seconds.

Additionally, 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-10 millimeters and durations of 31-56 seconds, and 11 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-15 millimeters and durations of 52-123 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2 kilometers 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 7,313 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,013 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,633 times.

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