Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Morning (Tuesday, March 10, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) at 10:42 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 10 times.

Based on 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 (None meters above sea level).

No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 51 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 10, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 103 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 34-82 seconds.

Additionally, there were 2 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-7 millimeters and durations of 33-42 seconds, as well as 15 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-28 millimeters and durations of 40-221 seconds.

PVMBG urges residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a 3.5-kilometer sectoral extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

In 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 937 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (484 eruptions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 392 times.

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