Alert! Mount Ibu Erupted Again Tonight (Monday, 28 September 2026)

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Irfan Fadhlurrahman 28/09/2026 13:30 WIB
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (28/9/2026) at 21:00 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 8 times.

According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the eruption visual was not observed. The eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 28 mm and 53 seconds duration.

(Read: Total Natural Disaster Casualties in Indonesia up to 8 July 2025)

Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, Mount Ibu activity status is set at Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 28 September 2026 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 78 eruption earthquakes with 11-28 mm amplitude and 35-70 seconds duration.

Additionally, 1 emission earthquake (8 mm amplitude, 36 seconds duration) and 7 harmonic tremors (2-6 mm amplitude, 30-119 seconds duration) were detected.

PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activities within 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km sectoral exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening of Mount Ibu.

During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia recorded 4,834 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,874 events, while Mount Ibu recorded 1,605 eruptions.

(Read: Count of Lightly Damaged Houses from Natural Disasters in Indonesia 2015-2024)

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