Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, 12 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (12/10/2026) at 19:00 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 7 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 duration 54 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 12 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 83 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 35-81 seconds.
Additionally, 1 landslide earthquake (2 mm amplitude, 36 sec duration) and 10 gas emission earthquakes (5-15 mm amplitude, 32-46 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northward from the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 5,074 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,967 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,703 eruptions.
(Read: After Previous Surge, Natural Disaster Incidents in Indonesia Declined in 2024)
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