Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, November 26, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (26/11/2025) at 18:37 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 14 times.

Reporting 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 400 meters above the peak (1,725 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 53 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on November 26, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT, showed 104 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-81 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 3 puff 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 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 7,058 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,836 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,558 times.

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