Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Wednesday, 17 June 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (17/6/2026) at 00:42 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 15 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, no visual eruption was observed. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 20 mm and duration of 59 seconds.
(Read: Volcanic Eruption Trends in Recent Years)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 17 June 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 77 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 36-199 second duration.
Additionally: 1 tremor blast event (6 mm amplitude, 41 sec duration), plus 28 harmonic tremor events (2-10 mm amplitude, 27-154 sec duration).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km restricted sector northwards towards the active crater opening of Mount Ibu.
For 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,713 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest activity with 1,274 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 936 eruptions.
(Read: Indonesia Ranks First Globally For Most Active Volcanoes)
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