Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, March 7, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (March 7, 2026) at 08:32 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 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 600 meters above the peak (1,925 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 53 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on March 7, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 99 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 37-80 seconds.

Then, 2 emission earthquakes with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and earthquake durations of 34-36 seconds, as well as 14 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 20-110 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 871 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (443 explosions) while Mount Ibu erupted 371 times.

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