Alert! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Morning (Wednesday, 12 August 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Wednesday (12/8/2026) at 08.01 WITA. In the past week, this volcano has erupted 19 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column reached 800 meters above the summit (2384 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted southward. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 44.4 mm and duration 178 seconds.
(Read: Disaster Events in Indonesia First Semester 2026: Floods Most Common)
MAGMA Indonesia activity reports place Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 12 August 2026 00.00-06.00 WITA recorded 2 eruption earthquakes, 2 blast earthquakes, and 1 non-harmonic tremor.
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 5 km of the eruption centre.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3914 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru recorded the most (1599 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki recorded 707 eruptions.
(Read: Flood Location Map Jakarta, 13 January 2026 08.00 WIB)
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