Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, January 19, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (1/19/2026) at 18:02 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 3 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 or None meters above sea level.

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 19, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 111 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 32-75 seconds.

Then, 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-10 millimeters and durations of 38-42 seconds, and 5 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 56-165 seconds occurred.

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 271 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (152 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 98 times.

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