Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Thursday, 14 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (14/5/2026) at 07:25 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 24 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 approximately 500 meters above the peak, or 1,825 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with thick density, drifting northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 50 seconds.
(Read: 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 17 Km West of Pasuquin,)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 14 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 120 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 10-28 mm and duration 34-93 seconds.
Additionally, 4 degassing earthquakes (amplitude 3-6 mm, 34-54 sec duration) and 8 harmonic tremor events (amplitude 2-28 mm, 56-250 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius of Mount Ibu, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion sector northwards towards the active crater opening.
For the year 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 1,968 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1007 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 699 eruptions.
(Read: 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 242 Km West of Kurio,)
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