Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupts Again This Morning (Tuesday, January 6, 2026)

Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday (6/1/2026) at 08:31 WITA. In the last week, Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted twice.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column observed reached 200 meters above the peak or 1,623 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate intensity towards the east. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 13.9 millimeters and a duration of 58 seconds.

(Read: Last Five Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Saturday, July 19, 2025 18:25:55 WIB))

According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, Mount Ili Lewotolok's activity level is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on January 6, 2026, from 00:00-23:59 WITA showed 62 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 14.8-34.2 millimeters and durations of 40-90 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 473 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 1.8-21 millimeters and durations of 21-43 seconds, and 1 harmonic earthquake with an amplitude of 1.6 millimeters and a duration of 230 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ili Lewotolok as well as visitors/climbers/tourists not to enter or conduct activities within a 2-kilometer radius from the center of Mount Ili Lewotolok's activity, and in the south-southeast and west sectors up to 2.5 kilometers from the center of Mount Ili Lewotolok's activity.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 77 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (41 times), while Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted twice.

(Read: Earthquakes to Drought, These are the Natural Disasters Frequently Occurring in Indonesia Until Mid-2023)