Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Today, Eruption Height Reaches 600 Meters

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday (22/8/2024) at 2:12 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 19 times.

Citing 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 600 meters above the peak or 2,184 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the southwest. The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki was still ongoing at the time of this report.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on August 22, 2024, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WITA showed 1 eruption earthquake with an amplitude of 28.12 millimeters and a duration of 136 seconds.

Then, 1 tremor with an amplitude of 2.22 millimeters and a duration of 173 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2.22-2.96 millimeters and durations of 212-418 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 2,964 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (1,097 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 541 times.