Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, January 8, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (8/1/2026) at 23:21 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 20 times.

Quoting 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 600 meters above the peak or 1,925 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 52 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 8, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 59 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-60 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 15 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 38 seconds, and 11 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-3 millimeters and earthquake durations of 22-103 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a radius of 2 kilometers 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 126 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (73 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 45 times.

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