Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Thursday, 22 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (22/10/2026) at 14:11 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 32 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption was not visually observed. It was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 60 second duration.
(Read: Number of Damaged Houses Due to Sumatra Floods & Landslides (17 December 2025))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 22 October 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 112 eruption earthquakes (15-28 mm amplitude, 34-82 second duration).
This was accompanied by 4 rockfall earthquakes (3 mm amplitude, 37-67 second duration) and 1 gas emission earthquake (2 mm amplitude, 47 second duration).
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northward towards the active crater opening.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 5,234 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions (2021 events), followed by Mount Ibu with 1784 eruptions.
(Read: Provinces Affected by Early 2026 Floods & Landslides)
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