September 9, 2026 | 04:17 pm
Tourists arrive by speedboat at Gili Trawangan Harbor, Gili Indah Village, Pemenang District, Tanjung, North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, July 6, 2025. Antara/Ahmad Subaidi
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Here are the highlights: Boat Owner Says Speedboat Carrying Missing Journalists Was Seaworthy; Fact Check: Are All Volcanoes in Indonesia Erupting Simultaneously?; and Are Indonesia's 4 Volcano Eruptions Connected? What Expert Says.The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today: 1. Boat Owner Says Speedboat Carrying Missing Journalists Was SeaworthySandi Wiasa, the owner of the boat carrying a group of journalists to cover the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia, confirmed that the vessel was seaworthy and equipped with the necessary documents and life jackets when it departed from Pegedongan Pier in Carita, Banten, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026."The boat used was mine; it departed yesterday—sometime after 2:00 PM WIB—from Pegedongan Pier," Sandi said in a video statement monitored in Jakarta on Tuesday, Sept. 8, evening. Click here to read more about the incident.2. Fact Check: Are All Volcanoes in Indonesia Erupting Simultaneously?Posts on X [archived] and YouTube claim that all volcanoes in Indonesia are simultaneously active due to an unusual underground phenomenon.These accounts included visual footage of volcanic activity without citing official sources. "There is unusual underground movement in Indonesia! All dormant volcanoes and their surroundings have become active again," wrote the Turkish-language account on Sunday, September 6, 2026.Is it true that all volcanoes in Indonesia are erupting simultaneously? Read here.3. Are Indonesia's 4 Volcano Eruptions Connected? What Expert SaysSeveral volcanoes across Indonesia have erupted in rapid succession. As of Monday and through Tuesday, September 8, 2026, three volcanoes have been recorded erupting: Mount Ibu, Mount Ili Lewotolok, and Mount Semeru.Mount Semeru is located in East Java, Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara, and Mount Ibu in North Maluku. These eruptions coincided with heightened activity at Mount Anak Krakatau. The status of the Sunda Strait volcano was raised to Alert in early July, following continuous eruptions reported from September 4 to 6. But are the eruptions connected to each other? Click here to read a statement from an expert from the Indonesian Association of Disaster Experts (IABI) about it. Click here to get the latest news updates from Tempo on Google News
