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Time2025-12-16 15:49:24 UTC2025-12-16 15:49:24 UTC at epicenterLocation6.974°S 155.582°EDepth35.00 km (21.75 mi)
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<!–div style="font-size:14px;text-align:center;border:3px solid blue;border-radius:5px;padding:3px;margin:5px;background:#eee"><a href="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/volcano-report.php?volcanoId=44" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Share a volcano (activity) report, submit a photo or other interesting news!” onclick=”window.open(this.href,’Volcano Report’,’status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=500,width=450′);return false”>Send Volcano Report</div–> Stratovolcano 3676 m (12,060 ft)
East Java, Indonesia, -8.11°S / 112.92°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Semeru volcano eruptions:
1818, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1848, 1849(?), 1851, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1866(?), 1887, 1887, 1888, 1889-91, 1892, 1893, 1893-94, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1941-42, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1950-64, 1967-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Explosive. Near constant strombolian activity, occasionally stronger explosions, lava flows and pyroclastic flows.
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Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025 19:00 | 1 hour ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during December 2025
Summary: 2 quakes 7.0+, 2 quakes 6.0+, 89 quakes 5.0+, 754 quakes 4.0+, 3378 quakes 3.0+, 6768 quakes 2.0+ (10993 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 89 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 754 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 3378 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 6768 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2 x 1016 joules (5543 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 4.8 x 106 tons of TNT or 298.1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.7 learn moreList of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during December 2025:#1: Mag 7.6 Aomori, 324 km north of Sendai, Miyagi, JapanMonday, Dec 8, 2025, at 11:15 pm (GMT +9) – #2: Mag 7.0 Skagway Municipality, 229 mi northwest of Juneau, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United StatesSaturday, Dec 6, 2025, at 11:41 am (Yakutat time) – #3: Mag 5.8 Xinjiang, ChinaThursday, Dec 4, 2025, at 01:44 pm (Urumqi time) – #4: Mag 5.8 North Pacific Ocean, 143 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanTuesday, Dec 9, 2025, at 04:56 am (GMT +10) – #5: Mag 5.8 Skagway Municipality, AlaskaSunday, Dec 7, 2025, at 05:56 pm (Whitehorse time) – #6: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, 65 km southeast
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