Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, December 5, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (5/12/2025) at 10:07 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 21 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 observed reached None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The eruption visuals were not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 23 millimeters and a duration of 43 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 earthquake durations of 31-68 seconds.

Then, 3 gust earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-6 millimeters and earthquake durations of 38-47 seconds, and 18 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 21-70 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 7,224 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,959 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,599 times.

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