Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, December 19, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (19/12/2025) at 19:34 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 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 reach None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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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 December 19, 2025, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 112 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and durations of 37-76 seconds.

Then, there were 2 exhalation quakes with amplitudes of 4-6 millimeters and durations of 35-39 seconds, and 13 harmonic quakes with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 51-120 seconds.

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 7,411 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (3,062 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,678 times.

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