Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, 17 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (17/5/2026) at 17:11 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 49 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, no visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and lasted 40 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 17 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 123 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 10-28 mm and duration 31-103 seconds.
Additionally, 4 explosion earthquakes (amplitude 4-6 mm, duration 34-37 seconds) and 14 harmonic tremors (amplitude 4-28 mm, duration 63-213 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector exclusion zone north of Mount Ibu's active crater vent.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,020 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,026 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 724 eruptions.
(Read: Natural Disaster Casualty Count in Indonesia up to 8 July 2025)
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