Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, February 21, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (February 21, 2026) at 07.40 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 29 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

Eruption visuals were not observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 49 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on February 21, 2026 from 00.00-23.59 WIT showed 93 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and durations of 36-68 seconds.

Then, 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 6 millimeters and duration of 43 seconds, as well as 17 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-28 millimeters and durations of 51-172 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 705 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (375 explosions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 287 times.

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