Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, January 6, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (6/1/2026) at 13:48 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 9 times.

Reporting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to be around None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 49 seconds.

(Read: Indications of Forest and Land Fire Area in East Kalimantan until June 2025)

According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 6, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 63 eruption tremors/quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 36-71 seconds.

Subsequently, 1 exhalation tremor with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds, and 11 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 37-156 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 79 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (42 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 34 times.

(Read: There Are Still 381 High-Risk Forest and Land Fire Hotspots in Indonesia in Early 2023)