Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, April 27, 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (April 27, 2026) at 8:57 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 5 times.
Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 400 meters above the peak or 1,725 meters above sea level.
The observed ash column was gray in color with moderate intensity moving eastward. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 41 seconds.
(Read: After a Surge, the Number of Natural Disaster Incidents in Indonesia Decreased in 2024)
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Seismic observations on April 27, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 122 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 10-28 millimeters and durations of 36-88 seconds.
Additionally, there were 3 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 6-13 millimeters and durations of 37-41 seconds, as well as 8 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3-10 millimeters and durations of 33-188 seconds.
PVMBG advises residents 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 1,698 volcanic eruptions/explosions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (876 times) while Mount Ibu erupted 608 times.
(Read: Number of Natural Disaster Victims in Indonesia as of July 8, 2025)
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