Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Tuesday, 5 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (5/5/2026) at 08:02 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 6 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 300 meters above the crater peak, or 1,625 meters above sea level.
The ash column was observed grey, thick density, drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 50 seconds.
(Read: Volcanic Eruption Trends in Recent Years)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 5 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 112 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 35-70 seconds.
Additionally, 10 harmonic tremors (amplitude 2-28 mm, duration 46-205 seconds) and 116 low-frequency earthquakes (amplitude 2-10 mm, duration 17-29 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius of Mount Ibu, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone towards the active crater opening on the north side.
For 2026 to date, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 1,800 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 933 events, while Mount Ibu has erupted 641 times.
(Read: Indonesia Has The Most Active Volcanoes In The World)
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