Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Friday, 29 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (29/5/2026) at 15.11 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 28 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 recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 48 seconds duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu activity status remains at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 29 May 2026 00.00-23.59 WIT recorded 101 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 15-28 mm, duration 34-76 seconds).
Additionally: 1 blowout earthquake (10 mm amplitude, 34 seconds), and 18 harmonic tremors (2-28 mm amplitude, 46-188 seconds duration).
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activities within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,212 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,113 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 806 eruptions.
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