Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, 5 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (5/10/2026) at 21:41 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 10 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 500 meters above the crater peak, or 1,825 meters above sea level.
The ash column was observed grey, thick intensity, drifting northeast. This eruption registered on seismographs with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration 51 seconds.
(Read: Hotspot Count in 6 Priority Provinces for Forest Fire Management (7 September 2026))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 5 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 90 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 11-28 mm, duration 31-84 seconds), 3 emission earthquakes (6-8 mm, 32-44 seconds), and 15 harmonic tremor events (2 mm, 41 seconds).
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to enter the 2 km exclusion zone, plus an extended 3.5 km restricted sector northwards towards the active crater opening.
During 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,945 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,921 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,653 eruptions.
(Read: Forest Fires: Most Frequent Disaster in Indonesia up to Early September 2026)
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