Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, March 22, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (March 22, 2026) at 9:51 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 30 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No visual observation of the eruption was made. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 24 millimeters and a duration of 55 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Seismic observations on March 22, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 127 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 31-86 seconds.

Then, 1 blast earthquake with an amplitude of 6 millimeters and a duration of 39 seconds, as well as 12 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 46-115 seconds.

PVMBG advises 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 1,121 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (605 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 445 times.

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