Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Monday, November 24, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (24/11/2025) at 09:10 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 2 times.

Based on 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 300 meters above the peak or 1,625 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity to the east. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 69 seconds.

(Read: Indonesia Has the Most Active Volcanoes in the World)

According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on November 24, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 73 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and quake durations of 30-99 seconds.

Then, 3 times of exhalation quakes with amplitudes of 3-6 millimeters and quake durations of 34-36 seconds, and 9 times of harmonic quakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and quake durations of 40-78 seconds were recorded.

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 7,023 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,813 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 2,546 times.

(Read: Countries with the Most Active Volcanoes in the World, Indonesia Ranks First)