Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Saturday, January 3, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (January 3, 2026) at 2:22 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 18 times.

Reporting 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 None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 26 millimeters and a duration of 49 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 January 3, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 107 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 13-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 42-86 seconds.

Additionally, there was 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 5 millimeters and a duration of 49 seconds, and 3 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-9 millimeters and durations of 58-160 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 42 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (24 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 18 times.

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