Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Thursday, 01 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (01/10/2026) at 00:33 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 25 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 peak, or 1,825 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with thick intensity, drifting northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and lasted 51 seconds.
(Read: Floods Dominated Natural Disasters in Indonesia Late February 2024)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 01 October 2026 between 00:00 and 23:59 WIT recorded 79 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 34-77 seconds.
Additionally, 5 emission earthquakes (amplitude 6-12 mm, duration 39-48 seconds) and 18 harmonic tremors (amplitude 2-12 mm, duration 17-29 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 4,876 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,895 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,622 eruptions.
(Read: Hundreds of Natural Disasters Recorded by Early April 2024, Floods Most Frequent)
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