Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, January 24, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (January 24, 2026) at 00:01 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 28 times.

According to 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 to be around 400 meters above the peak (1,725 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 50 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 24, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 114 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 36-64 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 7-12 millimeters and durations of 42-48 seconds, and 7 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-15 millimeters and durations of 62-109 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public 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 319 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (172 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 123 times.

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