Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Sunday, 23 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (23/8/2026) at 00:03 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 50 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 approximately 400 meters above the peak, or 1,725 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with moderate intensity, drifting northwards. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 millimeters and duration of 49 seconds.
(Read: 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Fox Aleutian Islands)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 23 August 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 110 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 34-80 seconds.
Additionally, 1 emission earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 35 sec duration) and 12 harmonic tremors (4-28 mm amplitude, 34-125 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km restricted sector northwards towards the active crater opening of Mount Ibu.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 4,186 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,685 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,340 eruptions.
(Read: 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 17 Km West of Pasuquin)
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