Mount Dukono Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, April 24, 2026)
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Mount Dukono in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (April 24, 2026) at 16:07 WIT. In the past week, Mount Dukono has erupted 12 times.
Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height is approximately 1,200 meters above the peak (2,287 meters above sea level).
The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption of Mount Dukono is still ongoing when this report was made.
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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Dukono is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on April 24, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 120 eruption/earthquake events with an amplitude of 6-34 millimeters and a duration of 32.29-111.18 seconds.
Then, 5 distant tectonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 8-17 millimeters, s-p 12.08-23.06 seconds and a duration of 67.36-82.07 seconds, as well as 1 continuous tremor earthquake with an amplitude of 1-4 millimeters, dominated by 2 millimeters.
PVMBG urges residents around Mount Dukono and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities, climb, or approach the Malupang Warirang Crater within a 4-kilometer radius.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,645 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (855 times) while Mount Dukono has erupted 73 times.
(Read: Not Jakarta, This is the Area with the Worst Air Quality in Indonesia (Wednesday, June 7, 2023))
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