Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, January 3, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (3/1/2026) at 09:15 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 15 times.

Based on 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 approximately None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds.

(Read: East Nusa Tenggara Always Hit by Forest and Land Fires in the Last 10 Years, BMKG Urges Increased Preparedness)

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 3, 2026, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 107 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 13-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 42-86 seconds.

Then, 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 5 millimeters and a duration of 49 seconds, and 3 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-9 millimeters and durations of 58-160 seconds occurred.

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 38 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (23 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 15 times.

(Read: Indication of Forest and Land Fire Area in West Kalimantan Province 2016-2025)