Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, January 5, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (5/1/2026) at 23:49 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 8 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.

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 62 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 5, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 63 eruption tremors with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 36-71 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 exhalation tremor with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds, and 11 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-28 millimeters and durations of 37-156 seconds.

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 72 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (38 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 33 times.

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