Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, 16 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Friday (16/10/2026) at 20:05 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 37 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 500 metres above the summit, or 1,825 metres above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with moderate intensity, drifting northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 millimetres and 70 seconds duration.
(Read: 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 242 Km West of Kurio,)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 16 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 136 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 32-74 second duration.
Additionally, 1 rockfall earthquake (2 mm amplitude, 41 seconds) and 2 gas emission earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 44-51 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northward towards the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 5,138 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,999 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,733 eruptions.
(Read: Five Most Recent Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Saturday, 19 July 2025 13:53:43 WIB))
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