Alert! Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupted Again This Morning (Saturday, 12 September 2026)
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Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday (12/9/2026) at 10:18 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 30 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 approximately 700 meters above the summit (2,123 meters above sea level).
The ash column appeared white to grey, thick, and drifted westward. This eruption was registered on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 40 millimeters and lasted 96 seconds.
(Read: Natural Disaster Casualty Count in Indonesia up to 8 July 2025)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ili Lewotolok is currently at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 12 September 2026 (00:00–23:59 WITA) recorded 369 eruption earthquakes with 22.1–40 mm amplitude and 27–160 second duration.
Additionally, 4 rockfall earthquakes (8.8–40 mm amplitude, 41–98 second duration) and 141 degassing earthquakes (8.8–40 mm amplitude, 22–63 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors, hikers, and tourists to avoid entering or conducting activities within the 2 km exclusion zone, and 3 km exclusion zone for the southern and southeastern sectors around the volcano's active vent.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,589 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest activity with 1,787 eruptions, while Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted 118 times this year.
(Read: 1,300 Natural Disasters Occurred in Indonesia up to September 2024: Full Breakdown)
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