Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Tuesday, 19 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (19/5/2026) at 08:21 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 12 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column reached approx 300 m above the crater peak (1625 m above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted north. This eruption registered on seismographs with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 61 second duration.
(Read: 5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 262 Km East of Levuka,)
MAGMA Indonesia activity reports place Mount Ibu at Alert Level II (Watch). Seismic monitoring on 19 May 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 128 eruption earthquakes (10-28 mm amplitude, 31-79 sec duration).
Additionally, 3 blowout earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 44-46 sec duration) and 11 harmonic tremors (2-28 mm amplitude, 38-142 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km of the volcano, and a 3.5 km restricted sector northwards from the active crater opening.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2050 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1035 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 737 eruptions.
(Read: 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 17 Km West of Pasuquin,)
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