Warning! Mount Marapi Erupts Again This Morning (Thursday, December 25, 2025)

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted again on Thursday (25/12/2025) at 05:41 AM WIB. In the last week, Mount Marapi has only erupted once.

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 reach None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 30.3 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Marapi's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on December 25, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIB, showed 4 times of emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 0.8-3 millimeters and earthquake durations of 14-62 seconds.

Then, 7 times of non-harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 0.7-5.6 millimeters and earthquake durations of 68.3-331 seconds, and 1 time of shallow volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 1.4 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 13.2 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Marapi and climbers/visitors/tourists not to enter and not to carry out activities within a 3-kilometer radius from the center of activity (Verbeek Crater) of Mount Marapi.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 7,504 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,127 times) while Mount Marapi erupted 123 times.

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