Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Saturday, 08 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (08/08/2026) at 16:09 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 43 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 600 meters above the crater peak, or 1925 meters above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted towards the southeast. This eruption was registered on seismographs with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 59 seconds duration.
(Related: Countries With Most Active Volcanoes Worldwide: Indonesia Ranks First)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Alert Level II (Advisory). Seismic monitoring on 08 August 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 93 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 33-77 second durations.
Additionally, 1 rockfall earthquake (6 mm amplitude, 35 seconds) and 12 harmonic tremor events (3-28 mm amplitude, 51-120 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For the full year 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,814 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest total at 1,561 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,228 eruptions.
(Related: Volcanic Eruption Trends Over Recent Years)
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