Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, November 14, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (11/14/2025) at 11:17 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 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 or None meters above sea level.

The eruption visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 67 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on November 14, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 86 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-63 seconds.

Then, 12 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-15 millimeters and durations of 26-147 seconds, and 93 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 6,949 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,790 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,495 times.

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