Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Sunday, 17 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (17/5/2026) at 22:56 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 50 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 83 seconds.
(Read: Indonesia Has The Most Active Volcanoes in The World)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu activity status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 17 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 123 eruption earthquakes with 10-28 mm amplitude and 31-103 seconds duration.
Additionally, 4 emission earthquakes (4-6 mm amplitude, 34-37 sec duration) and 14 harmonic tremors (4-28 mm amplitude, 63-213 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activities within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sector zone towards the northern crater opening of Mount Ibu.
For year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,026 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,029 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 726 eruptions.
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