Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, 8 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (8/10/2026) at 19:06 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 27 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption plume was not visually observed. The event was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 60 seconds.
(Read: Number of Heavily Damaged Houses Due to Natural Disasters in Indonesia 2015-2024)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu status remains at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 89 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 31-81 second duration.
Additionally, 1 emission earthquake (10 mm amplitude, 35 second duration) and 11 harmonic tremors (2-20 mm amplitude, 41-125 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius of Mount Ibu, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For the full year 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 4,992 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,939 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,670 eruptions.
(Read: Number of Displaced & Affected Disaster Victims in Indonesia 2015-2024)
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