Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, January 31, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (31/1/2026) at 9:25 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 37 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached None meters above the peak (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 42 seconds.

(Read: Indications of Forest and Land Fire Area in West Kalimantan Province 2016-2025)

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 31, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 99 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-66 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 37 seconds, and 11 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 36-146 seconds.

PVMBG urges the community 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 416 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (220 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 166 times.

(Read: West Kalimantan Produced the Most CO2 Emissions from Forest and Land Fires Until July 2023)