Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Sunday, 13 September 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (13/9/2026) at 17:52 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 54 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 300 meters above the summit, or 1625 meters above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 76 seconds duration.
(Read: 5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 262 Km East of Levuka,)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 13 September 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 102 eruption earthquakes (15-28 mm amplitude, 34-154 sec duration).
Additionally: 1 emission earthquake (6 mm, 32 sec), 9 harmonic tremors (2-10 mm, 32-125 sec).
PVMBG warns public and visitors: avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus 3.5 km sectoral exclusion zone north towards the active crater opening.
For 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4615 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1803 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1498 eruptions.
(Read: 4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 14 Km North of San Carlos,)
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