Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Monday, December 22, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (12/22/2025) at 01:44 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu 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 be around 700 meters above the peak (2,025 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 82 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on December 22, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT, showed 108 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 36-77 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 3 puffing earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 39-51 seconds, and 12 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-15 millimeters and earthquake durations of 43-112 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 7,469 volcano eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,103 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,695 times.

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