Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Thursday, January 22, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (22/1/2026) at 11:16 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 16 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 (None meters above sea level).

The eruption's visuals were not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 44 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 22, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 124 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-81 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 9 millimeters and a duration of 34 seconds, and 10 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 5-28 millimeters and durations of 49-176 seconds.

PVMBG urges the community 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 296 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (162 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 111 times.

(Read: Indonesia Has the Most Active Volcanoes in the World)