Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, March 13, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 11:32 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 14 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 1,200 meters above the peak (2,784 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the north and northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 29.6 millimeters and a duration of 61 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on March 13, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WITA showed 1 eruption/volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 72 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 4 tremor events with amplitudes of 3.5-14.8 millimeters and durations of 22-102 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 7.4 millimeters and durations of 102-118 seconds.

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

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,148 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,002 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 167 times.