Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, November 12, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) at 10:00 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 14 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 approximately 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 40 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 November 12, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 88 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 33-85 seconds.

Additionally, 10 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-15 millimeters and durations of 34-126 seconds, and 94 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 17-29 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 6,940 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,786 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,490 times.

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