Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Sunday, 17 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (17/5/2026) at 06:54 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 45 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 800 meters above the summit, or 2125 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with moderate intensity, drifting southwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 61 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 17 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 123 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 10-28 mm and duration 31-103 seconds.
Additionally, 4 emission earthquakes (4-6 mm amplitude, 34-37 second duration) and 14 harmonic tremors (4-28 mm amplitude, 63-213 second 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 opening of Mount Ibu's active crater.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2010 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1023 events, while Mount Ibu has erupted 720 times.
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