Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Thursday, 24 September 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (24/09/2026) at 09:47 WIT. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 20 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption plume was not visually observed. Eruptive activity was still ongoing at the time this report was published.
(Read also: List of Provinces Hit by Floods & Landslides Early 2026)
MAGMA Indonesia activity logs place Mount Ibu at Alert Level II. Seismic monitoring on 24 September 2026 (00:00–23:59 WIT) recorded 85 eruption earthquakes with 15–28 mm amplitude and 33–91 second duration.
Additionally, 1 collapse earthquake (3 mm amplitude, 38s duration) and 2 emission earthquakes (6–10 mm amplitude, 31–39s duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,763 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,844 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,574 eruptions.
(Read also: Damaged House Count From Sumatra Floods & Landslides (16 December 2025))
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