Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Thursday, August 28, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday (8/28/2025) at 09:51 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 11 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached 600 meters above the peak or 2,184 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the southwest and west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 2.9 millimeters and a duration of 108 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia''s volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on August 28, 2025, at 00:00-06:00 WITA showed 8 times of gassing earthquakes with amplitudes of 2.9-7.4 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-43 seconds.

Then, 1 non-harmonic tremor with an amplitude of 2.9 millimeters and an earthquake duration of 84 seconds, and 4 deep volcanic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2.9-5.9 millimeters s-p 1.6-2.4 seconds and earthquake durations of 14-19 seconds.

PVMBG urges communities around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 6-kilometer radius from the center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki''s eruption.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,843 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,336 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 492 times.

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