Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Sunday, January 11, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (1/11/2026) at 08:13 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 35 times.

Citing eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) through the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to be around 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 south and southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 40 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 11, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 126 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-77 seconds.

Then, there were 2 exhalation quakes with amplitudes of 8-15 millimeters and earthquake durations of 41-45 seconds, as well as 9 harmonic quakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 65-129 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 155 volcano eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (86 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 60 times.

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