Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (February 25, 2026) at 16:42 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 19 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 0 meters above the peak or 0 meters above sea level.

No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 46 seconds.

(Read: 4.5 M Earthquake Shakes 94 Km Southwest of Banda Aceh,)

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on February 25, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 110 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 12-28 millimeters and durations of 39-68 seconds.

Then, 3 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-7 millimeters and durations of 37-40 seconds, as well as 7 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-18 millimeters and durations of 37-40 seconds.

PVMBG advises residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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.

In 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 769 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (403 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 320 times.

(Read: Five Latest Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Saturday, July 19, 2025 13:53:43 WIB))