Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Friday, 8 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (8/5/2026) at 06:54 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 22 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 500 meters above the crater peak, or 1,825 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with thick density, drifting southwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 58 seconds.
(Read: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 219 Km East of Levuka,)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 May 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 126 eruption earthquakes with 10-28 mm amplitude and 35-93 second duration.
Additionally, 1 gust earthquake (3 mm amplitude, 38 seconds) and 16 harmonic tremors (3-28 mm amplitude, 48-273 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 1,848 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 957 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 657 eruptions.
(Read: 5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 262 Km East of Levuka,)
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