Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Tuesday, 8 September 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (8/9/2026) at 09:17 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 13 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, no visual eruption was observed. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and lasted 60 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 September 2026 from 00:00 - 23:59 WIT recorded 112 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 32-67 second duration.
Additionally, 2 emission earthquakes (4-6 mm amplitude, 38-43 second duration) and 17 harmonic tremors (2-20 mm amplitude, 37-126 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to operate within 2 km radius of Mount Ibu, and an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For the full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia recorded a total of 4,498 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,758 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,457 eruptions.
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