Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupted Again This Afternoon (Friday, 2 October 2026)
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Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday (2/10/2026) at 17:20 WITA. This volcano has erupted 3 times within the last week.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash plume reached approximately 400 meters above the crater peak (1,823 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash plume drifted westwards. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 19 millimeters over a 47 second duration.
(Read also: Two Months of Sumatra Floods: 1,204 Fatalities, 140 Missing (Tuesday, 27 January 2026))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ili Lewotolok remains at Alert Level II (Advisory). Seismic monitoring on 2 October 2026 (00:00–23:59 WITA) recorded 183 eruption earthquakes with 29.2–40 mm amplitude and 22–97 second duration.
Additionally, 1 rockfall earthquake (5.8 mm amplitude, 40 seconds) and 184 degassing earthquakes (9.7–40 mm amplitude, 22–60 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors, hikers and tourists to avoid all activity within a 2 km general exclusion zone, and 3 km exclusion zone for the southern and south-eastern sectors of the volcano.
During 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 4,904 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest activity with 1,908 eruptions, while Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted 158 times this year.
(Read also: Jakarta Flood Location Distribution (13 January 2026, 08:00 WIB))
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