Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) at 00:19 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 8 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 600 meters above the peak or 1,925 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray in color with thick intensity towards the southeast. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 51 seconds.

(Read: 2022 Low-Cost Apartment Recipients, Most Are Natural Disaster Victims)

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on February 24, 2026, from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 120 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 34-76 seconds.

Then, 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 4 millimeters and a duration of 40 seconds, as well as 6 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-10 millimeters and a duration of 51-92 seconds.

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

During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 746 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (391 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 309 times.

(Read: Data on the Number of Submerged Houses Due to Natural Disasters in Indonesia in 2014)