Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Saturday, February 21, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (February 21, 2026) at 17:44 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 31 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 gray with thick intensity towards the east. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 65 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 21, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 93 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and durations of 36-68 seconds.

Additionally, there was 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 6 millimeters and duration of 43 seconds, as well as 17 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-28 millimeters and durations of 51-172 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.

In 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 710 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (378 times), while Mount Ibu has erupted 289 times.

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