Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Friday, 15 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (15/5/2026) at 13:38 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 33 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption visual was not observed. The event was recorded on seismograph with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 58 seconds duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Alert Level II (Advisory). Seismic monitoring on 15 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 109 eruption earthquakes (14-28 mm amplitude, 31-104 sec duration), 2 emission tremors, and 15 harmonic tremors.
PVMBG warns residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector exclusion zone north of the active crater.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 1,990 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most with 1,019 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 708 eruptions.
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