Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, January 25, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (Jan 25, 2026) at 23:19 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 34 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 meters above sea level.

The observed ash column was white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the northeast and east. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 42 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 25, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 91 eruption/explosive earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 30-73 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-15 millimeters and durations of 34-46 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-20 millimeters and durations of 26-145 seconds.

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 337 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (182 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 130 times.

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