Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Monday, February 16, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (February 16, 2026) at 02:10 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu erupted only once.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 500 meters above the peak or 1,825 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 51 seconds.

(Read: Two Months of Floods in Sumatra, 1,204 People Killed and 140 Missing (Tuesday, January 27, 2026))

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on February 16, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 106 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 35-64 seconds.

Then, 2 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-8 millimeters and durations of 31-37 seconds, as well as 8 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-14 millimeters and durations of 32-90 seconds.

PVMBG advises residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 620 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (321 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 259 times.

(Read: Jakarta Flood Point Distribution (January 13, 2026 at 08:00 WIB))