Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Thursday, 18 June 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (18/6/2026) at 13:24 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 26 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption was not visually observed. It was registered on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 69 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 18 June 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 80 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 10-28 mm, duration 38-88 seconds).
Additionally, 1 rockfall earthquake (5 mm amplitude, 35 sec duration) and 6 emission earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 33-50 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, and a 3.5 km sectoral exclusion zone north of the active crater.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,773 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most at 1,293 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 947 eruptions.
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