Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Friday, 8 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (8/5/2026) at 13:41 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column height reached None metres above the peak (None metres above sea level).
The eruption was not visually observed. It was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 45 seconds.
(Read: Indonesia Has The Most Active Volcanoes In The World)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu activity status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 111 eruption earthquakes with 10-28 mm amplitude and 34-75 second duration.
Additionally, 8 harmonic tremors (2-28 mm amplitude, 31-148 second duration) and 93 low-frequency earthquakes (2-10 mm amplitude, 17-29 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, and an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 1,856 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 960 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 662 eruptions.
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