Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted again this evening (Thursday, July 4, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday (4/7/2024) at 17.07 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 23 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed at approximately 500 meters above the peak or 2,084 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest and west. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 14.8 millimeters and a duration of 554 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on July 4, 2024, from 06.00 to 12.00 WITA showed 3 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 29.6-47.3 millimeters and durations of 194-366 seconds.

Then, 1 puffing quake with an amplitude of 3.7 millimeters and a duration of 12 seconds, and 11 shallow volcanic quakes with amplitudes of 3.7-7.4 millimeters and durations of 8-14 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 3-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, and a sectoral 4-kilometer radius in the northeast direction and a 5-kilometer radius in the northeast sector.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,437 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (634 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 296 times.