Alert! Mount Ibu Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, 15 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (15/10/2026) at 21:20 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 29 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption plume was not visually observed. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and duration of 41 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu activity status remains at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 15 October 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 103 eruption earthquakes with 15-28 mm amplitude and 32-88 second duration.
Additionally, 3 collapse earthquakes (4-20 mm amplitude, 36-50 seconds) and 3 emission earthquakes (4-8 mm amplitude, 37-41 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km radius, and 3.5 km sectoral exclusion zone northward from the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 5,121 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1991 events, while Mount Ibu has erupted 1725 times.
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