Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, January 31, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (1/31/2026) at 08:16 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 36 times.

Based on 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 500 meters above the peak or 1,825 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the southeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 47 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 31, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 99 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 35-66 seconds.

Additionally, there was 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and a duration of 37 seconds, and 11 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 36-146 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 410 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (215 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 165 times.

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