Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 14 September 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (14/9/2026) at 11:17 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 3 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 400 meters above the summit, or 1725 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with moderate intensity, drifting eastward. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 45 seconds duration.
(Read: Indonesia Has The Most Active Volcanoes In The World)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 14 September 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 75 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 34-84 second duration.
Additionally: 4 emission earthquakes (4-12 mm amplitude, 37-46 sec duration) and 10 harmonic tremors (2-26 mm amplitude, 42-86 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For the full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,630 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,809 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,504 eruptions.
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