Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Sunday, January 25, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (January 25, 2026) at 08:46 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 33 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 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 64 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 25, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 93 eruption tremors with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and tremor durations of 32-77 seconds.

Furthermore, 2 exhalation tremors with amplitudes of 6-15 millimeters and tremor durations of 34-36 seconds, and 12 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and tremor durations of 29-120 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 331 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (179 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 128 times.

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