Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Ibu
in Indonesia

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Ibu Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000141
Name: Ibu (268030)
Lat/Lon: 1.49 , 127.63
Event Date: 10 May 2026 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 58000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 850000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 2
Population Exposure Index PEI: 4
Inserted at: 11 May 2026 05:33 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Ibu report has been published on 07 May 2026 10:12.
The Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) reported that activity at Ibu continued during 30 April-6 May, with daily eruptive events recorded by the seismic network. Daily gray or white-to-gray ash plumes rose 300-800 m above the summit and drifted NE, E, and SE. Incandescence at the summit was visible in a few nighttime webcam images. The Alert Level remained at 2 (the second lowest level on a four-level scale) and the public was advised to stay 2 km away from the active crater and 3.5 km away from the N crater wall opening. Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (27), INGV (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1), JSR (1),