Alert! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Morning (Monday, 8 June 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday (8/6/2026) at 10:40 WITA. This volcano has erupted 6 times over the past week.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 1,000 metres above the crater peak, or 2,584 metres above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted west and northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 44.4 mm, lasting 132 seconds.
(Read: Five Latest Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Wednesday, 22 April 2026 12:17:58 WIB))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is set at Activity Level III (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 8 June 2026 between 00:00–06:00 WITA recorded 3 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 11–44.4 mm, duration 90–391 seconds).
Additionally, 1 emission earthquake (29.6 mm amplitude, 50 seconds duration) and 2 non-harmonic tremor events (11 mm amplitude, 93–118 seconds duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activities within a 5 kilometre radius from the eruption centre of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.
Throughout 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,422 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,192 events, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 103 times.
(Read: 5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes 262 Km East of Levuka)
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