Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Monday, January 12, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (12/1/2026) at 09:43 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 3 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 or None meters above sea level.

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 40 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 12, 2026, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 88 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-69 seconds.

Furthermore, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 3 millimeters and a duration of 38 seconds, and 13 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and durations of 34-172 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 170 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (92 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 68 times.

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