Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (Jan 14, 2026) at 10:39 AM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 11 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 was observed to be around None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

Visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 16 millimeters and a duration of 52 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 14, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 93 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 33-93 seconds.

Additionally, there were 2 exhalation earthquakes with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and a duration of 35 seconds, and 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 25-28 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 202 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (114 times), while Mount Ibu erupted 76 times.

(Read: Indonesia Has the Most Active Volcanoes in the World)