Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon, Eruption Height 700 Meters Above Peak

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (27/11/2025) at 3:00 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 times.

Reporting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached 700 meters above the peak (2,025 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white with moderate to thick intensity towards the east and southeast. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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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 27, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 125 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and a duration of 31-68 seconds.

Then, 2 rockfall earthquakes with an amplitude of 2 mm and a duration of 37-45 seconds, and 4 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 5-10 millimeters and a duration of 32-46 seconds.

PVMBG urges communities 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 7,078 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,851 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,563 times.

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