Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, March 15, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 07:59 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 25 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to be approximately 800 meters above the peak or 2,384 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with low to moderate intensity towards the west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 7.4 millimeters and a duration of 103 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 15, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WITA showed 7 volcanic tremor events with amplitudes of 4.4-22 millimeters and durations of 47-194 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 deep volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 4.4 millimeters, S-P time of 1.2 seconds, and a duration of 13 seconds; and 4 distant tectonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 7.4-22 millimeters, S-P times of 12-31 seconds, and durations of 41-78 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 5-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and in the southwest-north-northeast sector within a distance of 6 kilometers.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,186 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,011 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 178 times.