Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Tuesday, 18 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (18/8/2026) at 09:52 WIT. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 13 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption plume was not visually observed. Eruptive activity was still ongoing when this report was published.
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From MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 18 August 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 87 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 31-77 seconds.
Additionally, there were 3 rockfall earthquakes (2 mm amplitude, 28-44 second duration) and 3 emission earthquakes (8-12 mm amplitude, 31-34 second duration).
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to enter the 2 km exclusion zone, and the extended 3.5 km sector hazard zone towards the northern crater opening of Mount Ibu.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged a total of 4,082 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,649 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,303 eruptions.
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