Warning! Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, April 26, 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (April 26, 2026) at 17:14 WIT. In the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 33 times.
Quoting eruption information 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 peak or None meters above sea level.
No eruption visuals were observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 61 seconds.
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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level II (Warning). Seismic observations on April 26, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 118 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 15-28 millimeters and a duration of 33-72 seconds.
Then, 23 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-28 millimeters and a duration of 37-146 seconds, as well as 126 low-frequency earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-10 millimeters and a duration of 17-29 seconds.
PVMBG urges residents around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius and a sectoral extension of 3.5 kilometers towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,678 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (867 eruptions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 599 times.
(Read: Five Latest Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:17:58 WIB))
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