Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Tuesday, December 30, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (12/30/2025) at 09:42 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 41 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 None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 62 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 December 30, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT, showed 114 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 13-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-76 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 4 exhalation quakes with amplitudes of 8-14 millimeters and durations of 39-63 seconds, and 10 harmonic quakes with amplitudes of 2-6 millimeters and durations of 31-191 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2 kilometers 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 7,555 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,145 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,737 times.

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