Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (11/19/2025) at 10:40 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 11 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) through the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column observed reached 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 49 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 19, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 69 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-109 seconds.

Furthermore, 1 puffing earthquake with an amplitude of 34 millimeters and a duration of 10 seconds, and 8 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 20-143 seconds occurred.

PVMBG advises 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 6,994 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,806 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,524 times.

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