Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Saturday, 17 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (17/10/2026) at 19:41 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 46 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, no visual eruption was observed. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 56 seconds.
(Read also: Jakarta Recorded Second Worst Morning Air Quality Worldwide (Friday, 17 June 2022))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu remains at Alert Level II. Seismic monitoring on 17 October 2026 (00:00–23:59 WIT) logged 93 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 15–28 mm, duration 32–132 seconds).
Additionally: 1 rockfall earthquake (5 mm amplitude, 45 sec duration) and 4 emission earthquakes (4–15 mm amplitude, 35–56 sec duration).
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, and a 3.5 km extended exclusion zone northwards from the active crater opening.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia registered 5,160 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count with 2,006 eruptions, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,742 eruptions.
(Read also: Indonesia Ranked Worst Air Quality Country in Southeast Asia)
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