Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Morning (Sunday, 17 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (17/5/2026) at 09:48 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 47 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 600 meters above the crater peak (1925 meters above sea level).
The grey ash column drifted southwest at moderate intensity. This eruption was registered on seismographs with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 50 seconds duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 17 May 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 123 eruption earthquakes (10-28 mm amplitude, 31-103 second duration), 4 degassing earthquakes (4-6 mm amplitude, 34-37 second duration), and 14 harmonic tremors (4-28 mm amplitude, 63-213 second duration).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 2 km of the crater, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,015 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1,025 eruptions, followed by Mount Ibu with 722 eruptions.
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