Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, November 26, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (26/11/2025) at 12:13 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 12 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.

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 63 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 26, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 104 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 32-81 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-8 millimeters and durations of 34-48 seconds, and 8 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 46-240 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a 3.5-kilometer sectoral expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 7,052 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,832 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,556 times.

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