Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, 16 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (16/10/2026) at 14:50 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 33 times.
According to eruption reports from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption plume was not visually observed. Mount Ibu's eruption was still ongoing when this report was published.
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity records, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 16 October 2026 between 00:00 - 23:59 WIT recorded 136 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 32-74 second duration.
Additionally, 1 rockfall earthquake (2 mm amplitude, 41 second duration) and 2 gas emission earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 44-51 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid entering the 2 km exclusion zone, and the extended 3.5 km sectoral restriction zone north of Mount Ibu's active crater opening.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 5,131 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,996 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,729 eruptions.
(Read: Forest Fires: Most Frequently Reported Disaster to Indonesian National Police as of September 2026)
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