Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, 5 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (5/8/2026) at 20:07 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 app, observed ash column height reached 400 meters above the crater peak (1725 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey, thick, drifting northeast. This eruption registered on seismographs with maximum 27 mm amplitude, lasting 62 seconds.
(Read: Two Months of Sumatra Floods: 1204 Dead, 140 Missing (Tuesday, 27 January 2026))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 5 August 2026 00:00–23:59 WIT recorded 113 eruption earthquakes (15–28 mm amplitude, 33–111 second duration).
Additionally: 1 rockfall earthquake (3 mm amplitude, 32 sec), 1 degassing earthquake (4 mm amplitude, 49 sec).
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3742 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1535 eruptions, while Mount Ibu has erupted 1206 times.
(Read: 175 Disaster Events Recorded In Indonesia Early 2026: Floods Are Most Frequent)
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