Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, April 19, 2026)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (April 19, 2026) at 8:12 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 39 times.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height is approximately 600 meters above the peak or 1,925 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 53 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on April 19, 2026 from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM WIT showed 132 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 31-89 seconds.

Then, 3 emission earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-4 millimeters and a duration of 32-37 seconds, as well as 16 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 4-28 millimeters and a duration of 39-113 seconds.

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

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,563 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (832 eruptions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 564 times.

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