Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Monday, 1 June 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (1/6/2026) at 18:53 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 7 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 500 meters above the summit (1,825 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey with thick density, drifting southward. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 63 seconds.
(Read: Jakarta Morning Air Quality Ranked 3rd Worst Globally (Tuesday, 6 June 2023))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 1 June 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 141 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 35-86 second duration.
Additionally, 5 emission earthquakes (2-6 mm amplitude, 36-44 second duration) and 23 harmonic tremors (2-28 mm amplitude, 46-112 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,266 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,137 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 830 eruptions.
(Read: Indonesia Air Quality Showed Slight Improvement in 2021)
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