Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, January 9, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (January 9, 2026) at 16:46 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 22 times.

Citing 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.

The visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 43 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 9, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 103 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 32-71 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 3 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-6 millimeters and durations of 31-46 seconds, and 16 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 44-176 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 138 volcano eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (82 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 47 times.

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