Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Sunday, March 1, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (March 1, 2026) at 06:07 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 41 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 300 meters above the peak or 1,625 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 volcanic activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Warning). Seismic observations on March 1, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 89 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-74 seconds.

Then, 1 collapse earthquake with an amplitude of 5 mm and a duration of 34 seconds, as well as 3 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 8-10 millimeters and durations of 32-37 seconds.

PVMBG urges people 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 802 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (413 eruptions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 342 times.

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