Warning! Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 12 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (12/10/2026) at 17:50 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 6 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 lasted 44 seconds.
(Read: 5.5 M Magnitude Earthquake Shakes 262 Km East of Levuka,)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu activity status is set at 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 collapse earthquake (2 mm amplitude, 36 seconds duration) and 10 emission earthquakes (amplitude 5-15 mm, duration 32-46 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activities within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone towards the north opening of Mount Ibu's active crater.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia registered 5,071 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,965 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,702 eruptions.
(Read: 5.1 M Magnitude Earthquake Shakes 242 Km West of Kurio,)
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