Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon, Eruption Height Around 300 Meters

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (February 23, 2026) at 15:58 WIT. In the past 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 observed ash column height reached 300 meters above the peak (1,625 meters above sea level).

The observed ash column was gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 44 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on February 23, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 120 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 34-76 seconds.

Then, 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 4 millimeters and a duration of 40 seconds, as well as 6 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-10 millimeters and a duration of 51-92 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 735 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (385 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 304 times.

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