Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Friday, 19 June 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (19/6/2026) at 09:14 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 34 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 200 meters above the summit, or 1,525 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with light to moderate intensity, drifting northeast. This eruption was registered on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 50 seconds.
(Read: Volcanic Eruption Trends Over Recent Years)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 19 June 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 96 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 17-28 mm and duration 31-76 seconds.
Additionally, 3 emission earthquakes (3-6 mm amplitude, 37-41 sec duration) and 17 harmonic tremors (2-13 mm amplitude, 47-141 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone towards the northern crater opening of Mount Ibu.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,801 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1,300 eruptions, while Mount Ibu has erupted 955 times this year.
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