Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, 16 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday (16/5/2026) at 21:35 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 41 times.
According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 59 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu activity status is at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 16 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 110 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 34-88 seconds.
Additionally: 2 blast earthquakes (amplitude 8-10 mm, 39-44 sec duration), 10 harmonic tremors (amplitude 2-28 mm, 41-176 sec duration).
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors: avoid activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector zone northward from the active crater opening.
For 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia recorded 2,004 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions (1,022 events), followed by Mount Ibu with 716 eruptions.
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