Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, January 30, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (January 30, 2026) at 23:48 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 35 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 700 meters above the peak (2,025 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the southeast. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

(Read: Update on the Number of Facilities Damaged by Floods and Landslides in Sumatra (December 11, 2025))

According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 30, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 99 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-66 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 37 seconds, and 11 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 36-146 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in 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 403 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (209 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 164 times.

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