Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Sunday, March 2, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 7:57 AM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 60 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 1,500 meters above the peak or 3,084 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 4.4 millimeters and a duration of 263 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on March 2, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WITA showed 3 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 14.8-29.6 millimeters and durations of 48-70 seconds.

Then, there were 3 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 3.7-5.1 millimeters and durations of 49-93 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 5.9-7.4 millimeters and durations of 140-160 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 1,802 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (846 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 131 times.