Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Evening (Wednesday, 20 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (20/5/2026) at 18:17 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 23 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 approximately 400 meters above the crater peak (1725 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 55 second duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Alert Level II (Advisory). Seismic monitoring on 20 May 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 119 eruption earthquakes (12-28 mm amplitude, 30-74 second duration).
Additionally: 1 explosion earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 49 second duration), plus 10 harmonic tremors (2-10 mm amplitude, 37-108 second duration).
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, and extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 to date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2070 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1039 events, while Mount Ibu has erupted 748 times.
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