Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Thursday, January 29, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (29/1/2026) at 12:07 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 25 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 around 300 meters above the peak (1,625 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 49 seconds.

(Read: Indication of Forest and Land Fire Area in Central Kalimantan Province in the Last Decade)

According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 29, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 98 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 14-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 33-65 seconds.

Subsequently, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 37-44 seconds, and 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 44-203 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 2.0-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 383 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (199 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 154 times.

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