Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Thursday, 10 September 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (10/9/2026) at 23:38 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 38 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 500 meters above the crater peak (1825 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted northwest. This eruption was registered on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 60 seconds duration.
(Read: Countries With Most Active Volcanoes Worldwide: Indonesia Ranks First)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 10 September 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 113 eruption earthquakes, with amplitudes 15-28 mm and duration 32-83 seconds.
Additionally, 1 landslide earthquake (3 mm amplitude, 51 seconds) and 2 gas emission earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 42-44 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activities within 2 km of the crater, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For the full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,552 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,772 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,482 eruptions.
(Read: Indonesia Has The Highest Number Of Active Volcanoes In The World)
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