Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, April 10, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (April 10, 2026) at 06:39 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 26 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 500 meters above the peak (1,825 meters above sea level).

The observed ash column was gray with thick intensity towards the southeast. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 65 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on April 10, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 111 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 33-70 seconds.

Then, 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 30 seconds, as well as 56 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 31-200 seconds.

PVMBG urges 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 1,391 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (749 eruptions) while Mount Ibu erupted 516 times.

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