Mount Dukono Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 8 June 2026)
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Mount Dukono in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (8/6/2026) at 16.05 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Dukono has erupted 3 times.
According to eruption information from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 500 metres above the crater peak (1,587 metres above sea level).
The ash column appeared white to grey, thick intensity, drifting northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 15 mm and duration 41.63 seconds.
(Read: Flood Point Distribution Jakarta (23 January 2026, 07.00 WIB))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Dukono remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 June 2026 00.00-23.59 WIT recorded 56 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 6-34 mm, duration 32.14-44.3 seconds.
Additionally: 32 low-frequency earthquakes (4-5 mm amplitude, 25.25-28.85 second duration) and 1 continuous tremor event (2-4 mm amplitude, dominant 3 mm).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists not to conduct activities, hike or approach Malupang Warirang Crater within a 4 kilometre radius.
For 2026 until this date, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,429 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,195 events, while Mount Dukono has erupted 169 times.
(Read: Illnesses Affecting Sumatra Flood Victims as of 5 December 2025)
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