Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 3 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (August 3, 2026) at 16:43 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 5 times.
According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 millimeters and 60 seconds duration.
(Read: Floods: Most Common Natural Disaster Hitting Indonesia as of September 2025)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu activity status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 3 August 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 71 eruption earthquakes with 13-28 mm amplitude and 33-92 seconds duration.
Additionally, 1 collapse earthquake (6 mm amplitude, 42 sec duration) and 4 emission earthquakes (7-8 mm amplitude, 33-39 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid activity within 2 km radius, and 3.5 km sectoral exclusion zone north of the active crater.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia recorded 3,688 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,518 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,190 eruptions.
(Read: Hundreds of Natural Disasters Recorded Up To Early April 2024, Floods Most Frequent)
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