Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) at 1:37 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 14 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed at around None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 45 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on April 22, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 123 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 34-72 seconds.

Then, 5 emission earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-10 millimeters and a duration of 34-47 seconds, as well as 10 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-24 millimeters and a duration of 53-114 seconds.

PVMBG advises people around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a 3.5-kilometer sectoral expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,608 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (845 eruptions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 580 times.

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