Mount Ibu Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 5 October 2026)
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Mount Ibu in North Maluku erupted again on Monday (5/10/2026) at 15:03 WIT. Over the past week, Mount Ibu has erupted 6 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column reached approximately 200 meters above the summit, or 1,525 meters above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted northeast. This eruption registered a maximum seismograph amplitude of 28 mm with a 45-second duration.
(Read: Two Months of Sumatra Floods: 1,204 Dead, 140 Missing (Tuesday, 27 January 2026))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ibu remains at Alert Level II (Advisory). Seismic monitoring on 5 October 2026 (00:00–23:59 WIT) recorded 90 eruption earthquakes (11–28 mm amplitude, 31–84 second duration).
Additionally, 3 blast earthquakes (6–8 mm amplitude, 32–44 second duration) and 15 harmonic tremors (2 mm amplitude, 41 second duration) 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.
During 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 4,928 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,916 events, while Mount Ibu has erupted 1,644 times.
(Read: List of Provinces Affected by Early 2026 Floods and Landslides)
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