Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, February 6, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (February 6, 2026) at 10:39 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 30 times.

Quoting 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.

No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on February 6, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 126 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 32-89 seconds.

Then, 11 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-28 millimeters and a duration of 30-288 seconds, as well as 119 low-frequency earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-10 millimeters and a duration of 17-29 seconds.

PVMBG urges people around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 500 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (266 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 199 times.

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