Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 10 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (10/8/2026) at 11.30 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 6 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column reached 800 meters above the peak, or 2125 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with medium to thick intensity drifting southwest. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 46 seconds duration.
(Read: Indonesia Has The Most Active Volcanoes In The World)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 10 August 2026 00.00-23.59 WIT recorded 80 eruption earthquakes with 11-28 mm amplitude and 31-75 seconds duration.
Additionally, 3 degassing earthquakes (4-20 mm amplitude, 31-35 sec duration) and 9 harmonic tremors (6-28 mm amplitude, 48-177 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 3861 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1579 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1241 eruptions.
(Read: Countries With Most Active Volcanoes Worldwide: Indonesia Ranks First)
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