Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) at 4:45 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 13 times.

Quoting 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 at around None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

The eruption visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 37 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on February 24, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 124 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 14-28 millimeters and a duration of 35-83 seconds.

Then, 5 emission earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-8 millimeters and a duration of 37-48 seconds, as well as 6 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-8 millimeters and a duration of 41-77 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 757 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (397 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 314 times.

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