Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Monday, April 27, 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (April 27, 2026) at 16:33 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 4 times.
Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.
Eruption visuals were not observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 18 millimeters and a duration of 49 seconds.
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on April 27, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 122 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 36-88 seconds.
Then, 3 emission earthquakes with an amplitude of 6-13 millimeters and a duration of 37-41 seconds, as well as 8 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 3-10 millimeters and a duration of 33-188 seconds.
PVMBG advises the community around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,695 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (874 eruptions) while Mount Ibu erupted 607 times.
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