Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, March 11, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (March 11, 2026) at 10:17 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 11 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 None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Caution). Seismic observations on March 11, 2026, from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 114 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 37-84 seconds.

Then, 3 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-8 millimeters and durations of 33-41 seconds, as well as 9 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 60-136 seconds.

PVMBG urges residents 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 954 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (499 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 392 times.

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