Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, 29 April 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (29/4/2026) at 15:28 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 11 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height was recorded as None meters above the crater peak, or None meters above sea level.
No visual eruption was observed. This eruption was registered on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 millimeters and total duration 55 seconds.
(Read: West Kalimantan Had the Worst Air Quality in Indonesia This Morning (Friday, 18 August 2023))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 29 April 2026 between 00:00 - 23:59 WIT recorded 102 eruption earthquakes, with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 35-145 seconds.
Additionally, 2 blowout earthquakes (amplitude 8-10 mm, 37 second duration) and 17 harmonic tremors (amplitude 2-28 mm, duration 43-143 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to conduct activities within a 2 kilometer radius, plus an extended 3.5 kilometer exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening of Mount Ibu.
During 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 1,724 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest number at 893 eruptions, while Mount Ibu has erupted 614 times.
(Read: Air Quality in Major Indonesian Cities is Poor, Far Below WHO Standards)
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