Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, January 12, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (1/12/2026) at 9:09 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 4 times.

Citing 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).

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 51 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 12, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 88 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-69 seconds.

Subsequently, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 3 millimeters and a duration of 38 seconds, and 13 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and durations of 34-172 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urged 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 177 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (98 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 69 times.

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