Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Friday, 15 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (15/5/2026) at 08:20 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 31 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 (1,825 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared grey with thick intensity, drifting northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 millimeters and 62 seconds duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 15 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 109 eruption earthquakes with 14-28 mm amplitude and 31-104 second duration.
Additionally, 2 emission earthquakes (4-12 mm amplitude, 31-39 sec duration) and 15 harmonic tremors (3-28 mm amplitude, 47-182 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone towards the northern active crater opening of Mount Ibu.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 1,985 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia: Mount Semeru (East Java) lead with 1,016 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 706 events.
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