Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again Early This Morning (Saturday, 08 August 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday (8/8/2026) at 01:58 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 46 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 700 meters above the crater peak (2284 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted westward. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 14.8 mm and lasted 205 seconds.
(Read: Not Jakarta: These Are the Regions With the Worst Air Quality in Indonesia (Wednesday, 7 June 2023))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III (Standby). Seismic monitoring on 8 August 2026 between 18:00-23:59 WITA recorded 1 eruption earthquake (44.4 mm amplitude, 131 second duration), 4 emission earthquakes (2.9-4.4 mm amplitude, 30-41 second duration), and 2 non-harmonic tremor events (3.7 mm amplitude, 83-90 second duration).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activities within a 5 kilometer radius from the eruption center.
For the full year 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,800 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most eruptions at 1,559 events, followed by Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki with 672 eruptions.
(Read: Jakarta Recorded Third Worst Morning Air Quality Globally (Tuesday, 6 June 2023))
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