Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, December 5, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (December 5, 2025) at 09:29 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 times.

According to 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 200 meters above the peak or 1,525 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be grey with moderate intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 73 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 December 5, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 98 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 31-68 seconds.

Additionally, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-6 millimeters and durations of 38-47 seconds, and 18 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 21-70 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 7,211 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,948 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,597 times.

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