Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, March 20, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (March 20, 2026) at 16:44 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 23 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 (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 43 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on March 20, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 105 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 30-69 seconds.

Then, 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 8 millimeters and a duration of 40 seconds, as well as 13 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 4-28 millimeters and a duration of 48-190 seconds.

PVMBG advises 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.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,104 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (595 eruptions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 438 times.

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