Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, January 11, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (11/1/2026) at 15:52 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 38 times.

Based on 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 300 meters above the peak (1,625 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 59 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 11, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 126 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-77 seconds.

Then, 2 exhalation quakes with amplitudes of 8-15 millimeters and durations of 41-45 seconds, and 9 harmonic quakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 65-129 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 160 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (87 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 63 times.

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