Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, December 14, 2025)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (14/12/2025) at 22:01 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 48 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the southeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 54 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on December 14, 2025, from 00:00-23:59 WIT, showed 117 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-75 seconds.

Additionally, there was 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 8 millimeters and a duration of 39 seconds, and 14 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 30-103 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 7,346 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (3,024 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 2,654 times.

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