Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon, Ash Column Reaches 400 Meters Above Summit
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (7/8/2026) at 17:21 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 35 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 400 meters above the summit (1,725 meters above sea level).
The grey ash column drifted northward with moderate intensity. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum 16 mm amplitude and 57 second duration.
(Read: Fatalities Distribution from Floods & Landslides in Aceh (9 December 2025))
Per MAGMA Indonesia activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 7 August 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 83 eruption earthquakes (15-28 mm amplitude, 32-98 sec duration), 14 harmonic tremors (2-28 mm amplitude, 35-101 sec duration), and 70 low-frequency earthquakes (2-10 mm amplitude, 17-29 sec duration).
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,791 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,554 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,220 eruptions.
(Read: Updated Flood Location Points in Jakarta (23 January 2026, 12:00 WIB))
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