Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Sunday, April 26, 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (April 26, 2026) at 10:54 PM WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 37 times.
Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height is around 500 meters above the peak or 1,825 meters above sea level.
The ash column was observed to be gray in color with thick intensity towards the west. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 52 seconds.
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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on April 26, 2026 from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM WIT showed 118 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 15-28 millimeters and durations of 33-72 seconds.
Then, 23 harmonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-28 millimeters and durations of 37-146 seconds, as well as 126 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 2-10 millimeters and durations of 17-29 seconds.
PVMBG urges residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a 3.5-kilometer sectoral extension towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,686 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (870 times) while Mount Ibu has erupted 603 times.
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