Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Wednesday, 20 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (20/5/2026) at 08:43 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 20 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, or 1,825 meters above sea level.
The ash column was observed grey with thick intensity, drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 73 seconds duration.
(Read: West Kalimantan Recorded Highest CO2 Emissions from Forest Fires up to July 2023)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 20 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 119 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 12-28 mm and duration 30-74 seconds.
Additionally, 1 explosion earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 49 sec duration) and 10 harmonic tremors (2-10 mm amplitude, 37-108 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activities within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector zone towards the northern opening of Mount Ibu's active crater.
For 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,065 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,038 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 745 eruptions.
(Read: Estimated Forest Fire Burn Area in East Kalimantan up to June 2025)
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