Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, December 24, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) at 06:05 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 9 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 42 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on December 24, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 91 eruption earthquakes/tremors with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 41-92 seconds.

Additionally, 3 exhalation earthquakes/tremors occurred with amplitudes of 9-13 millimeters and durations of 37-48 seconds, and 7 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and durations of 43-188 seconds.

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 7,499 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,125 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,703 times.

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