Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Sunday, January 25, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (1/25/2026) at 01:45 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 32 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 observed reached None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 56 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 25, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 93 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-77 seconds.

Then, 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-15 millimeters and earthquake durations of 34-36 seconds, and 12 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 29-120 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a radius of 2 kilometers 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 328 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (177 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 127 times.

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