Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight, Volcanic Ash Height Around 200 Meters
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (13/9/2026) at 22:55 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 57 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 is approximately 200 meters above the crater peak (1,525 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey with thick intensity, drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 47 seconds.
(Read: 137 Natural Disaster Events Recorded Before Late January 2024, Floods Most Frequent)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 13 September 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 102 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 34-154 seconds.
Additionally: 1 blast earthquake (6 mm amplitude, 32 sec duration), plus 9 harmonic tremors (2-10 mm amplitude, 32-125 sec duration).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius of the volcano, and a 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards from the active crater opening.
For full year 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,622 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,805 events, while Mount Ibu has erupted 1,502 times.
(Read: Count of Moderately Damaged Houses Due to Natural Disasters in Indonesia 2015-2024)
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