Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) at 07.34 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 6 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 500 meters above the peak or 1,825 meters above sea level.

The observed ash column was white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the northeast and east. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 20 millimeters and a duration of 42 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on March 17, 2026 from 00.00-23.59 WIT showed 114 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 15-28 millimeters and a duration of 34-69 seconds.

Then, 12 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-28 millimeters and a duration of 36-130 seconds, as well as 101 low-frequency earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-10 millimeters and a duration of 17-29 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,056 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (567 eruptions) while Mount Ibu erupted 421 times.

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