Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, September 20, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday, September 20, 2024, at 06.27 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 17 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height was approximately 900 meters above the peak or 2,484 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 a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 11.84 millimeters and a duration of 900 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on September 20, 2024, from 00.00 to 06.00 WITA showed 1 eruption earthquake with an amplitude of 8.8 millimeters and a duration of 694 seconds.

Then, 1 harmonic earthquake with an amplitude of 3.7 millimeters and a duration of 17 seconds, and 1 shallow volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 5.9 millimeters and a duration of 9 seconds.

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

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 3,846 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (1,587 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 671 times.