Mount Ibu Erupts Again Early This Morning (Tuesday, April 28, 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Tuesday (April 28, 2026) at 02:19 WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 6 times.
Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column is around 400 meters above the peak (1,725 meters above sea level).
The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the north. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 42 seconds.
(Read: 5.5 M Earthquake Shakes 262 Km East of Levuka,)
According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ibu is at Level II (Alert). Earthquake observations on April 28, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WIT showed 100 eruption/explosion earthquakes with an amplitude of 10-28 millimeters and a duration of 33-89 seconds.
Then, 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 3 millimeters and a duration of 32 seconds, as well as 16 harmonic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2-28 millimeters and a duration of 47-133 seconds.
PVMBG urges people 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 1,703 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java has the most eruptions (880 eruptions) while Mount Ibu has erupted 609 times.
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