Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Afternoon (Saturday, 8 August 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday (8/8/2026) at 14:21 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 50 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the eruption was not visually observed. It was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 44.4 mm and 73 seconds duration.
(Read: 2 Thousand Natural Disasters Occurred In Indonesia In 2024, Floods Dominated)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is currently at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 8 August 2026 06:00-12:00 WITA recorded 2 eruption earthquakes (10.5-22.2 mm amplitude, 152-205 sec duration), 1 emission earthquake (5.9 mm, 32 sec), and 2 non-harmonic tremors (7.4 mm, 78-83 sec).
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within 5 km of the volcano's eruption centre.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,811 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,560 events, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki recorded 676 eruptions.
(Read: Floods Dominated Natural Disasters In Indonesia Late February 2024)
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