Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, March 25, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) at 23:11 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 8 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 500 meters above the peak or 1,825 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray in color with moderate to thick intensity towards the north and northeast. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on March 25, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 104 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 30-131 seconds.

Then, 8 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-20 millimeters and a duration of 57-125 seconds, as well as 100 low-frequency earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-10 millimeters and a duration of 17-29 seconds.

PVMBG urges residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral expansion of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,146 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (619 eruptions) while Mount Ibu erupted 453 times.

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