Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Sunday, 11 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Sunday (11/10/2026) at 13:44 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 49 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 200 meters above the crater peak, or 1525 meters above sea level.
The grey, thick ash column drifted northwest. This eruption was registered on seismographs with maximum 28 mm amplitude and 41 seconds duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 11 October 2026 (00:00-23:59 WIT) recorded 97 eruption earthquakes (10-28 mm amplitude, 30-141 second duration).
Additionally, 1 collapse earthquake (20 mm amplitude, 146 seconds) and 3 emission earthquakes (4-15 mm amplitude, 31-35 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone northwards towards the active crater opening.
For full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 5049 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1957 events, followed by Mount Ibu with 1692 eruptions.
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