Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, 8 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (8/8/2026) at 18:11 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 43 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 500 meters above the summit (1,825 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey, thick, and dispersed towards southeast and northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm, lasting 49 seconds.
(Read: Distribution of Fatalities from Floods & Landslides in West Sumatra (9 December 2025))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 August 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 93 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude, 33-77 second duration each.
Additionally, 1 collapse earthquake (6 mm amplitude, 35 second duration) and 12 harmonic tremors (3-28 mm amplitude, 51-120 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,817 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest total at 1,563 eruptions, while Mount Ibu has erupted 1,228 times.
(Read: Distribution of Fatalities from Floods & Landslides in Aceh (9 December 2025))
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