Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Monday, January 26, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (1/26/2026) at 10:59 AM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 3 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column observed reached None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

The eruption visuals were not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 64 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismicity observations on January 26, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 91 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 30-73 seconds.

Additionally, 2 exhalation earthquakes occurred with amplitudes of 10-15 millimeters and durations of 34-46 seconds, as well as 6 harmonic earthquakes 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 340 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (183 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 132 times.

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