Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, January 28, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (Jan 28, 2026) at 12:52 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 17 times.

Citing 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).

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 62 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 28, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 81 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 37-69 seconds.

Followed by 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-8 millimeters and earthquake durations of 47-55 seconds, and 20 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 48-166 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 372 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (196 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 146 times.

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