Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Thursday, 28 May 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Thursday (28/5/2026) at 14:19 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 23 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 summit, or 1,925 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared white to grey, with medium to thick density drifting northeast and east. This eruption was still ongoing at the time this report was published.
(Read: Flood Point Distribution Jakarta (13 January 2026, 08:00 WIB))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 28 May 2026 between 00:00-23:59 WIT recorded 121 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 15-28 mm and duration 33-97 seconds.
Additionally, 1 explosion earthquake (4 mm amplitude, 33 sec duration) and 9 harmonic tremors (2-20 mm amplitude, 54-138 sec duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists not to operate within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3.5 km exclusion zone towards the northern crater opening of Mount Ibu.
For the year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,197 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1,104 eruptions, while Mount Ibu has erupted 801 times.
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