Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, 16 June 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (16/6/2026) at 21:02 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 13 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 700 m above the peak, or 2025 m above sea level.
The ash column appeared white to grey, with medium to thick density drifting south and southwest. This eruption was ongoing at the time this report was published.
(Read: How Can Residents Identify Clean Air Amid Poor Air Quality?)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 16 June 2026 00:00–23:59 WIT recorded 82 eruption earthquakes (17–28 mm amplitude, 34–76 second duration).
Additionally: 2 emission tremors (4–8 mm, 36–42 seconds), 13 harmonic tremors (2–10 mm, 26–147 seconds).
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to operate within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 to date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2705 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions (1270 events), followed by Mount Ibu with 934 eruptions.
(Read: Jakarta Morning Air Quality Ranked 3rd Worst Globally (Tuesday, 6 June 2023))
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