Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, 8 July 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (8/7/2026) at 11:31 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 18 times.
According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 22 mm and duration 55 seconds.
(Read: Dozens of Neighborhood Units in Jakarta Affected by Floods (5 May 2026))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu activity status is at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 July 2026 00:00–23:59 WIT recorded 103 eruption earthquakes with 16–28 mm amplitude and 37–87 second duration.
Additionally, 1 blast earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 32 second duration) and 11 harmonic tremors (4–28 mm amplitude, 42–102 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists not to operate within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector zone northwards from the active crater opening.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,020 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,351 events, while Mount Ibu registered 1,012 eruptions.
(Read: Distribution of Fatalities from Floods & Landslides in Aceh (9 December 2025))
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