Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again Early This Morning (Saturday, 20 June 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday (20/6/2026) at 02:31 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 66 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 300 m above the crater peak, or 1884 m above sea level.
The thick grey ash plume drifted west and northwest. This eruption registered on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 31 mm over 129 seconds.
(Read: Number of Moderately Damaged Houses Due to Natural Disasters in Indonesia 2015-2024)
Per MAGMA Indonesia activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 20 June 2026 18:00-23:59 WITA recorded 2 eruption quakes (22.2-47.3 mm amplitude, 79-95 sec duration), 2 emission quakes, and 6 non-harmonic tremor events.
PVMBG has banned all activity within a 5 km exclusion zone around the eruption centre for local residents and visitors.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2815 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru recorded the most (1301 events), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 261 times this year.
(Read: Number of Injured Victims From Natural Disasters in Indonesia 2015-2024)
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