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

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (6/1/2026) at 17:51 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 10 times.

Citing 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).

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 36 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 6, 2026, at 00.00-23.59 WIT showed 63 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 36-71 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds, and 11 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-28 millimeters and 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 on the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 83 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (45 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 35 times.

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