Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, February 14, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (February 14, 2026) at 09:12 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 35 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 600 meters above the peak (1,925 meters above sea level).

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

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Warning). Seismic observations on February 14, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 124 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 13-28 millimeters and durations of 34-78 seconds.

Then, 3 blast earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 35-43 seconds, as well as 24 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 33-162 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 expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 599 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (309 eruptions) while Mount Ibu erupted 250 times.

(Read: The Last Five Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Saturday, July 19, 2025 18:25:55 WIB))