Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Thursday, 23 July 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (23/7/2026) at 17:25 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 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 approximately 600 meters above the summit (1925 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey with thick density, drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 57 seconds duration.
(Read: Number of Victims Affected / Displaced by Natural Disasters in Indonesia 2015-2024)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 23 July 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 72 eruption earthquakes with 10-28 mm amplitude and 31-142 second duration.
Additionally, 1 emission earthquake (10 mm amplitude, 34 seconds) and 13 harmonic tremors (2-15 mm amplitude, 30-79 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to operate within 2 km radius, and avoid the 3.5 km sectoral exclusion zone northwards from the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,471 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,483 events, while Mount Ibu erupted 1,130 times.
(Read: Data on Houses Submerged by Natural Disasters in Indonesia 2014-2024)
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