Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, April 25, 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (April 25, 2026) at 8:03 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 30 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 300 meters above the peak or 1,625 meters above sea level.
The ash column was observed to be white with moderate to thick intensity towards the west. The eruption of Mount Ibu was still ongoing when this report was made.
(Read: Despite Being Rained On, Jakarta's Air Quality Remains Poor)
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on April 25, 2026 from 00:00 to 23:59 WIT showed 129 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 30-92 seconds.
Then, 2 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 4-10 millimeters and durations of 37-41 seconds, as well as 9 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 37-119 seconds.
PVMBG urges people 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.
In 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,665 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (864 eruptions) while Mount Ibu erupted 596 times.
(Read: Jakarta's Air Quality This Morning is the Second Worst in the World (Friday, June 17, 2022))
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