Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, February 13, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (February 13, 2026) at 4:11 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 31 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 53 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 February 13, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 115 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 36-97 seconds.

Additionally, there was 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 3 millimeters and duration of 34 seconds, as well as 13 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 35-147 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 591 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (305 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 246 times.

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