Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Saturday, September 7, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 6:56 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 28 times.

Based on 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 500 meters above the peak or 2,084 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 5.18 millimeters and a duration of 146 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 September 7, 2024, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WITA showed 1 eruption earthquake with an amplitude of 8.8 millimeters and a duration of 219 seconds.

Then, 1 puffing earthquake with an amplitude of 2.2 millimeters and a duration of 92 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2.9-4.4 millimeters and durations of 65-334 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 3-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and Mount Lewotobi Perempuan, and 4 kilometers in the northeast sector and 5 kilometers in the northeast sector from the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 3,558 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (1,426 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 614 times.