Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Tuesday, March 18, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 00:24 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 8 times.

Based on 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 approximately 700 meters above the peak or 2,284 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the north and northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 2.9 millimeters and a duration of 136 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 18, 2025, from 18:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 2 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 5.9-10.5 millimeters and durations of 110-132 seconds.

Then, there were 6 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 2.9-10.5 millimeters and durations of 38-291 seconds, and 1 local tectonic earthquake with an amplitude of 4.4 millimeters, S-P 9.5 seconds, and a duration of 31 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 2,265 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,036 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 206 times.