Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Sunday, 18 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (18/10/2026) at 05:42 WIT. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 50 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column reached approx 500?m above the summit (1825?m above sea level).
Dense grey ash drifted northwards. The eruption registered a maximum seismograph amplitude of 28?mm over 58 seconds.
(Read: Latest 5 Recorded Earthquakes from BMKG (Saturday, 23 May 2026 19:40:26 WIB))
MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports place Mount Ibu at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 18 October 2026 00:00–23:59 WIT recorded: 86 eruption earthquakes (15–28?mm amplitude, 34–102?s duration); 2 collapse earthquakes (10?mm, 50–81?s); 1 gas emission earthquake (15?mm, 38?s).
PVMBG warns local residents and visitors: avoid all activity within 2?km of the volcano, and within an extended 3.5?km zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
In total for 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 5168 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most at 2010 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 1746 events.
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