Warning! Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupts Again This Afternoon (Monday, March 16, 2026)

Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday (March 16, 2026) at 11:09 WITA. In the past week, Mount Ili Lewotolok only erupted once.

Quoting eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height is around 300 meters above the peak (1,723 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the east. The eruption was recorded on the seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 6.3 millimeters and a duration of 40 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ili Lewotolok is at Level II (Warning). Earthquake observations on March 16, 2026 from 00:00-23:59 WITA showed 9 eruption/explosion earthquakes with amplitudes of 5.9-11.5 millimeters and earthquake durations of 36-55 seconds.

Then, 98 emission earthquakes with amplitudes of 1.6-8.7 millimeters and earthquake durations of 26-51 seconds, as well as 1 hybrid/multiphase earthquake with an amplitude of 1.4 millimeters, s-p 1.1 seconds, and an earthquake duration of 20 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Ili Lewotolok as well as visitors/climbers/tourists not to enter and not carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius from the center of Mount Ili Lewotolok's activity.

Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,040 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (554 eruptions) while Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted 28 times.

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