Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Sunday, March 9, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 09.34 WITA (West Indonesia Time). In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 15 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 300 meters above the peak or 1,884 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 22.2 millimeters and a duration of 53 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 March 9, 2025, from 00.00 to 06.00 WITA showed 9 instances of puffing/exhalation quakes with amplitudes of 2.2-5.9 millimeters and durations of 33-245 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 deep volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 2.2 millimeters, S-P 0.8 seconds, and a duration of 10 seconds, and 3 distant tectonic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2.9-4.4 millimeters, S-P 11.6-20.9 seconds, and durations of 90-164 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 2,007 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (941 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 153 times.