Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, March 7, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (March 7, 2026) at 18:04 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 300 meters above the peak (1,625 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the south. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 53 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on March 7, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 99 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 37-80 seconds.

Then, 2 emission earthquakes with an amplitude of 10 millimeters and a duration of 34-36 seconds, as well as 14 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-28 millimeters and a duration of 20-110 seconds.

PVMBG advises residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 878 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (447 explosions) while Mount Ibu erupted 374 times.

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