Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, 22 September 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (22/9/2026) at 15:04 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 8 times.
According to eruption data from the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 300 meters above the summit (1625 meters above sea level).
The grey, dense ash column drifted northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 59 second duration.
(Read: Flood Points Increase in Jakarta (23 January 2026, 12:00 WIB))
Per MAGMA Indonesia activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Alert Level II. On 22 September 2026 (00:00–23:59 WIT), monitoring recorded 82 eruption earthquakes (15–28 mm amplitude, 33–85 second duration).
Additionally, 9 harmonic tremors (2–28 mm, 28–56 seconds) and 69 low-frequency earthquakes (2–10 mm, 17–29 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone north towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 to date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,749 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,842 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,562 eruptions.
(Read: Floods & Forest Fires Were Indonesia's Most Frequent Disasters in 2025)
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