Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, December 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (19/12/2025) at 21.27 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 25 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 (None meters above sea level).

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on December 19, 2025, from 00.00-23.59 WIT showed 112 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and durations of 37-76 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-6 millimeters and durations of 35-39 seconds, and 13 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 51-120 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 7,413 volcano eruptions in all of Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,063 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,679 times.

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