Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, January 24, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (24/1/2026) at 08.26 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 29 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to be around 500 meters above the peak (1,825 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 54 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 24, 2026, from 00.00-23.59 WIT, showed 97 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 33-67 seconds.

Additionally, there was 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 12 millimeters and a duration of 36 seconds, and 5 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 4-15 millimeters and durations of 52-76 seconds.

PVMBG advises communities 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 323 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (175 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 124 times.

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