Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 13 July 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (13/7/2026) at 17:15 WIT. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 4 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 400 meters above the crater peak, or 1725 meters above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted northwards. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and lasted 54 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 13 July 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded: 83 eruption earthquakes (15-28 mm amplitude, 34-105 sec duration); 13 harmonic tremors (2-20 mm, 55-148 sec); 82 low-frequency earthquakes (2-20 mm, 17-29 sec).
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km of the crater, and an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For the full year 2026 to date, MAGMA Indonesia registered 3,153 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count with 1,393 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,042 events.
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