Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Friday, 2 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (2/10/2026) at 15:05 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 35 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 300 meters above the summit, or 1625 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey, thick, and drifted eastward. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 52 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 2 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 90 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 15-28 mm, duration 35-135 seconds).
Additionally: 1 explosion earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 35 sec duration), 31 harmonic tremors (amplitude 2-28 mm, duration 28-201 sec).
PVMBG warns local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone north towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 year to date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,902 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1908, while Mount Ibu recorded 1632 eruptions.
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