Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, December 24, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at 12:54 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 5 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to reach None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The eruption was not visually observed. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 7.4 millimeters and a duration of 111 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level IV (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on December 24, 2024, from 06:00 to 12:00 WITA showed 12 instances of puffing earthquakes with amplitudes of 2.9-8.8 millimeters and durations of 40-125 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2.9-5.9 millimeters and durations of 35-113 seconds, and 1 deep volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 7.4 millimeters, s-p 2.2 seconds, and a duration of 21 seconds.

PVMBG urges people around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 6-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and in the southwest-north-northeast sector up to 7 kilometers.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia recorded 6,060 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (2,498 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 983 times.