Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted again tonight (Sunday, July 7, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Sunday (7/7/2024) at 8:10 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 41 times.

According to 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 be approximately 900 meters above the peak (2,484 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the west and northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 14.8 millimeters and a duration of 517 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on July 7, 2024, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WITA showed 2 instances of puffing earthquakes with an amplitude of 3.7 millimeters and a duration of 16-23 seconds.

Then, 4 shallow volcanic earthquakes with an amplitude of 2.9-7.4 millimeters and a duration of 8-12 seconds, and 1 distant tectonic earthquake with an amplitude of 3.7 millimeters, S-P 18 seconds, and a duration of 57 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 North-Northeast sector and 5 kilometers in the Northeast sector from the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,499 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (662 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 314 times.