Alert! Mount Marapi Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, 16 October 2026)
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Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted again on Friday (16/10/2026) at 22:27 WIB. Over the past week, Mount Marapi has erupted 2 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption was not visually observed. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 14.2 mm and lasted for 41 seconds.
(Read: Flood Point Distribution in Jakarta (13 January 2026, 08:00 WIB))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Marapi is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 16 October 2026 between 00:00 - 23:59 WIB recorded 5 blast earthquakes with amplitude 1.3-3.3 mm and duration 20-56 seconds.
Additionally, 11 non-harmonic tremors were detected (amplitude 2.9-3.3 mm, duration 70-164 seconds) and 1 low-frequency earthquake (amplitude 3.2 mm, duration 11 seconds).
PVMBG urges local residents, hikers, visitors and tourists not to enter or conduct activities within a 3 kilometer radius from Mount Marapi's eruption center (Verbeek Crater).
For the full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has documented 5,143 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions (2,001 events), while Mount Marapi has erupted 59 times.
(Read: Fatalities Distribution from Floods & Landslides in West Sumatra (9 December 2025))
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