Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Wednesday, 7 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Wednesday (7/10/2026) at 08:50 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 18 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 700 meters above the peak, or 2025 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared white to grey with medium to thick density, drifting northeast and east. This eruption was ongoing at the time this report was published.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 7 October 2026, 00:00–23:59 WIT recorded: 101 eruption earthquakes with 15–28 mm amplitude, 30–82 second duration; 1 landslide earthquake (6 mm amplitude, 41 seconds); 3 gas emission earthquakes (5–8 mm amplitude, 35–45 seconds).
PVMBG advises local residents, visitors and tourists not to enter a 2 kilometer exclusion zone, plus an extended 3.5 kilometer sectoral hazard zone towards the northern opening of the active crater.
For the full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged a total of 4,971 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,931 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1,661 eruptions.
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