Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, April 14, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (April 14, 2026) at 16:41 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 11 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 41 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on April 14, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 119 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 34-68 seconds.

Then, 1 blast earthquake with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and duration of 34 seconds, as well as 11 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 41-84 seconds.

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

During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,467 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (790 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 536 times.

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