Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Friday, December 5, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (December 5, 2025) at 01:35 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 17 times.

Citing 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 None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 47 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on December 5, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 98 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 31-68 seconds.

Subsequently, 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-6 millimeters and durations of 38-47 seconds, and 18 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and 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 7,204 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,943 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,595 times.

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