Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Early This Morning (Wednesday, 8 July 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (8/7/2026) at 01:26 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 15 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, observed ash plume reached 300 m above the summit, or 1625 m above sea level.
The grey, dense ash plume drifted northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with max amplitude 28 mm, duration 62 seconds.
(Read: Distribution of Fatalities Due to Floods and Landslides in Aceh (9 December 2025))
Per MAGMA Indonesia activity reports, Mount Ibu is set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 July 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 103 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 16-28 mm, duration 37-87 seconds.
Additionally, 1 blowout earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 32 second duration) and 11 harmonic tremors (4-28 mm amplitude, 42-102 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local communities, visitors and tourists to avoid activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sectoral exclusion zone northwards toward the active crater opening.
For 2026 to date, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 3001 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1347 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1009 eruptions.
(Read: 175 Disaster Events Recorded In Indonesia Early 2026, Floods Most Frequent)
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