Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (1/13/2026) at 12:37 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 5 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 observed was approximately None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 15 millimeters and a duration of 45 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 13, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 90 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-81 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 12 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-8 millimeters and durations of 38-116 seconds, as well as 109 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 17-29 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in 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 183 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (103 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 70 times.

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