Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Monday, 18 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (18/5/2026) at 09:14 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 4 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 500 meters above the summit (1,825 meters above sea level).
The ash column was grey with thick intensity drifting northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 millimeters and 60 second duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Ibu is set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 18 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 119 eruption earthquakes with 10-28 mm amplitude and 34-83 second duration.
Additionally, 3 emission earthquakes (3-5 mm amplitude, 36-48 sec duration) and 14 harmonic tremors (3-28 mm amplitude, 81-183 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector zone northward towards the active crater opening of Mount Ibu.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,033 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,030 events, while Mount Ibu registered 729 eruptions.
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