Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) at 11:21 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height is approximately 400 meters above the peak (1,725 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the southeast. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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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 February 11, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 145 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 14-28 millimeters and a duration of 37-74 seconds.

Then, 2 emission earthquakes with an amplitude of 3-4 millimeters and a duration of 33-42 seconds, as well as 9 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-6 millimeters and a duration of 36-101 seconds.

PVMBG urges residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 565 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (291 explosions) while Mount Ibu erupted 234 times.

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