Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupts Again This Evening, Ash Reaches 300 Meters Above the Peak

Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 4:56 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted 13 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 1,723 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the east. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 32 millimeters and a duration of 52 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ili Lewotolok is at Level II (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on March 8, 2025, from 00:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 138 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 15.4-38 millimeters and durations of 20-287 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 63 emission quakes with amplitudes of 1.3-33.1 millimeters and durations of 21-68 seconds, and 46 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 1.9-13.9 millimeters and durations of 45-937 seconds.

The PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ili Lewotolok, as well as visitors/climbers/tourists, not to enter or carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius of the center of Mount Ili Lewotolok's activity, and that the residents of Lamatokan and Jontona villages should remain vigilant against the potential dangers of lava collapses/landslides from the eastern part of the peak/crater of Mount Ili Lewotolok.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,980 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (930 times), while Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted 35 times.