Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (2/12/2025) at 3:41 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 4 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 (None meters above sea level).

The eruption's visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 77 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on December 2, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 86 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-106 seconds.

Subsequently, 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and durations of 31-37 seconds, and 11 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 27-65 seconds occurred.

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 7,152 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,905 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,582 times.

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