Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Friday, 02 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (02/10/2026) at 20:08 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 37 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 approximately 300 meters above the summit (1,625 meters above sea level).
The ash column was grey, thick intensity, drifting eastwards. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 52 seconds.
(Read also: Hotspot Update: 6 Priority Provinces for Forest Fire Handling (21 September 2026))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 02 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 90 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm, duration 35-135 seconds.
Additionally: 1 emission earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 35s duration), 31 harmonic tremors (2-28 mm amplitude, 28-201s duration).
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to operate within 2km radius of Mount Ibu, and an extended 3.5km sector exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,907 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,909 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,634 eruptions.
(Read also: 2 out of 6 Forest Fire Priority Provinces Recorded Zero Hotspots (22 September 2026))
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