Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, July 5, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday (5/7/2024) at 08.39 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 26 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 was approximately 800 meters above the peak (2,384 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest and west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 203 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismicity on July 5, 2024, from 00.00-06.00 WITA showed 1 eruption earthquake with an amplitude of 14.8 millimeters and a duration of 719 seconds.

Then, 2 puffing earthquakes with amplitudes of 3.7-7.4 millimeters and durations of 18-22 seconds, and 10 shallow volcanic earthquakes with amplitudes of 3.7-14.8 millimeters and durations of 7-14 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 3-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and Mount Lewotobi Perempuan, and 4 kilometers in the northwest, north, and south-southeast directions from the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,444 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (635 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 299 times.