Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Monday, February 2, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (2/2/2026) at 02:03 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu only erupted once.

Reporting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 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 37 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on February 2, 2026, at 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 94 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 36-97 seconds.

Furthermore, 2 times of emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 33-37 seconds, and 18 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 42-136 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 425 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (224 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 170 times.

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