Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Saturday, September 21, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 05:17 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 24 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 600 meters above the peak or 2,184 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest and west. The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki was still ongoing at the time of this report.

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 21, 2024, from 18:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 2 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 3.7-4.44 millimeters and durations of 232-698 seconds.

Then, there was 1 puff quake with an amplitude of 1.48 millimeters and a duration of 55 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2.22-2.96 millimeters and durations of 70-207 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 3,897 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (1,617 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 678 times.