Mount Ibu Erupted Again Early This Morning (Tuesday, 16 June 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (16/6/2026) at 01:42 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 10 times.
According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 400 meters above the summit (1,725 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey with thick density, drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 10 mm and duration 49 seconds.
(Read: Floods & Landslides in West Sumatra Claimed 200 Lives, Here is the Distribution (4 December 2025))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu activity status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 16 June 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 82 eruption earthquakes with 17-28 mm amplitude and 34-76 seconds duration.
Additionally, 2 emission earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 36-42 seconds duration) and 13 harmonic tremors (2-10 mm amplitude, 26-147 seconds duration) were detected.
PVMBG warns local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northward towards the active crater opening.
For the year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,679 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,260 events, while Mount Ibu has erupted 931 times.
(Read: 207 Thousand Houses Submerged in Early 2026 Floods, Most Cases in Central Java)
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