Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Sunday, 31 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (31/5/2026) at 13:27 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 43 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption was not visually observed. It was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 50 seconds.
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Ibu status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 31 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 132 eruption earthquakes with 10-28 mm amplitude and 31-87 second duration.
Additionally, 3 emission earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 37-42 second duration) and 12 harmonic tremors (2-20 mm amplitude, 36-107 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
During 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,249 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions (1,130 events), while Mount Ibu has erupted 821 times.
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