Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Afternoon (Wednesday, 5 August 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Wednesday (5/8/2026) at 13:12 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 26 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 300 meters above the crater peak, or 1884 meters above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted west and northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 14.8 mm over 262 seconds duration.
(Read: 207 Thousand Houses Submerged by Floods Early 2026, Most in Central Java)
MAGMA Indonesia activity reports place Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 5 August 2026 06:00-12:00 WITA recorded 1 eruption earthquake (29.6 mm amplitude, 72 sec duration), 5 non-harmonic tremor events, and 1 distant tectonic earthquake.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 kilometer radius from the eruption center.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 3,734 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1532 events, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki recorded 652 eruptions.
(Read: Floods Dominated Disaster Events in Indonesia First Quarter 2026)
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