Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, 11 August 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (11/8/2026) at 16:48 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, the eruption plume was not visually observed. This event was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 54 seconds duration.
(Read: Indonesia Has the Most Active Volcanoes in the World)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 11 August 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 115 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 34-85 seconds duration.
Additionally: 1 landslide earthquake (2 mm amplitude, 56 sec), 3 emission earthquakes (6-10 mm amplitude, 35-54 sec).
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northward towards the active crater opening.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,892 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest total at 1,592 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,250 eruptions.
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