Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Early This Morning (Saturday, 30 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (30/5/2026) at 01:04 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 31 times.
According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height was around 400 meters above the crater peak (1725 meters above sea level).
The ash column was grey with moderate intensity, drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 62 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 30 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 133 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 10-28 mm and duration 36-89 seconds.
Additionally, 3 emission earthquakes (4-6 mm amplitude, 34-49 second duration) and 13 harmonic tremors (2-28 mm amplitude, 57-195 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors not to enter the 2 km exclusion zone, and the extended 3.5 km sectoral zone towards the northern opening of the active crater.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,220 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1117 eruptions, while Mount Ibu has erupted 809 times.
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