Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, November 23, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (23/11/2025) at 7:31 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 31 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 reach None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 42 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on November 23, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 69 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-64 seconds.

Then, there was 1 rockfall earthquake with an amplitude of 2 mm and a duration of 43 seconds, and 4 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-10 millimeters and durations of 34-47 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 has recorded 7,020 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,812 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,544 times.

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