Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, 20 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (20/5/2026) at 16:03 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 21 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 registered on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 52 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 20 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 119 eruption earthquakes with 12-28 mm amplitude and 30-74 second duration.
Additionally: 1 explosion earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 49 sec), plus 10 harmonic tremors (2-10 mm amplitude, 37-108 sec).
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km of the crater, and a 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards along the active crater vent sector.
For 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,068 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1,039 eruptions, while Mount Ibu has erupted 746 times.
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