Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, 8 July 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (8/7/2026) at 21:40 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 23 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 600 meters above the peak, or 1925 meters above sea level.
The ash column was grey, thick, and drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 58 seconds duration.
(Read: Distribution of Fatalities from Floods & Landslides in West Sumatra (9 December 2025))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Ibu status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 July 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 103 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 16-28 mm, duration 37-87 seconds).
Additionally: 1 emission earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 32 sec duration) and 11 harmonic tremors (4-28 mm amplitude, 42-102 sec duration).
PVMBG warns local residents and visitors to avoid activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northward towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3036 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most (1354 eruptions), followed by Mount Ibu with 1017 eruptions.
(Read: Floods & Extreme Weather: Indonesia's Most Frequent Disasters in 2025)
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