Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Thursday, 7 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (7/5/2026) at 09:41 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 21 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached None meters above the summit or None meters above sea level.
No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 20 millimeters and duration of 42 seconds.
(Read: 175 Disaster Events Recorded In Indonesia Early 2026, Floods Are Most Common)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 7 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 126 eruption earthquakes with 10-28 mm amplitude and 35-93 seconds duration.
Additionally, 1 emission earthquake (3 mm amplitude, 38 seconds) and 16 harmonic tremors (3-28 mm amplitude, 48-273 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists not to operate within 2 km radius, and avoid the 3.5 km sectoral zone northwards from the active crater opening of Mount Ibu.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,838 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 949 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 656 eruptions.
(Read: Update: Damaged Facilities Count From Sumatra Floods & Landslides (11 December 2025))
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