Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, 8 July 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (8/7/2026) at 16:38 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 21 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, no visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 42 second duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 July 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 103 eruption earthquakes with 16-28 mm amplitude and 37-87 second duration.
Additionally: 1 emission earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 32 second duration) and 11 harmonic tremors (4-28 mm amplitude, 42-102 second duration).
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector zone northward from the active crater opening.
For 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,029 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,351 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,015 eruptions.
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