Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Wednesday, 23 September 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (23/9/2026) at 09:01 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 16 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 400 meters above the crater peak, or 1,725 meters above sea level.
The grey ash column drifted northeast at moderate intensity. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 52 seconds.
(Read: Indonesia Natural Disaster Death Toll Surged In 2024)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 23 September 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 88 eruption earthquakes (15-28 mm amplitude, 35-74 second duration), 1 rockfall earthquake (4 mm amplitude, 40 seconds), and 5 gas emission earthquakes (4-12 mm amplitude, 37-48 seconds).
PVMBG urges local residents and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For full year 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,758 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,843 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,570 eruptions.
(Read: Floods Dominated Indonesian Natural Disasters Late February 2024)
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