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

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (March 7, 2026) at 9:20 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 29 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 400 meters above the peak (1,725 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray in color with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 46 seconds.

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

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

PVMBG advises people 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 884 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (451 explosions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 376 times.

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