Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, October 14, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday (10/14/2025) at 11:33 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 3 times.

Citing eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to be around None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 44.4 millimeters and a duration of 409 seconds.

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According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcanic activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Seismicity observations on October 14, 2025, from 06:00-12:00 WITA showed 1 eruption/explosion earthquake with an amplitude of 44.4 millimeters and a duration of 409 seconds.

Furthermore, 1 emission earthquake with an amplitude of 2.9 millimeters and a duration of 33 seconds, and 6 non-harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2.9-7.4 millimeters and durations of 70-95 seconds occurred.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to engage in any activities within a 6-kilometer radius from the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 6,645 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (2,617 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 698 times.

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