Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Tuesday, 11 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (11/8/2026) at 09:44 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 14 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 600 meters above the crater peak (1925 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey, thick, and drifted southeast. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum 20 mm amplitude, lasting 57 seconds.
(Related: Largest Forest & Land Fire Areas in Indonesia H1 2026: West Kalimantan)
Per MAGMA Indonesia activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 11 August 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 115 eruption earthquakes (15-28 mm amplitude, 34-85 second duration).
Additionally: 1 rockfall earthquake (2 mm amplitude, 56 seconds), 3 gas emission earthquakes (6-10 mm amplitude, 35-54 seconds).
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km of the crater, and an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For full year 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,885 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,588 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,249 eruptions.
(Related: Wildfire Impacts: 189,000 ISPA Cases in South Kalimantan as of September 2023)
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