Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Monday, January 26, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (1/26/2026) at 11:53 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 3 times.

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 reach None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 21 millimeters and a duration of 47 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 26, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 91 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-73 seconds.

Then, 2 puffing earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-15 millimeters and earthquake durations of 34-46 seconds, and 6 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and earthquake durations of 26-145 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 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 342 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (184 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 132 times.

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