Mount Ibu Erupts Again This Evening (Saturday, October 19, 2024)

Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 5:11 PM WIT. In the last week, Mount Ibu has erupted 28 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption was not visually observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 28 millimeters and a duration of 64 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, Mount Ibu's activity level is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on October 19, 2024, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WIT showed 9 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 27-28 millimeters and durations of 49-68 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 24 tremor events with amplitudes of 2-16 millimeters and durations of 21-45 seconds, and 6 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2-14 millimeters and durations of 30-78 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ibu and visitors/tourists not to engage in activities within a 4-kilometer radius and a 5-kilometer sectoral expansion towards the crater opening in the northern part of Mount Ibu's active crater.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 4,510 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku has experienced the most eruptions, with 1,838 recorded events.