Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupted Again Early Today, Ash Column Reaches 200 Meters Above Peak
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Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday (14/9/2026) at 04.30 WITA. Only one eruption was recorded at this volcano in the past week.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 200 meters above the crater peak, which sits at 1,623 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared white with moderate intensity, drifting northwest. This eruption was registered on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 40 millimetres, lasting 34 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Ili Lewotolok is currently set at Alert Level II (Advisory). Seismic monitoring on 14 September 2026 between 00.00-23.59 WITA recorded 336 eruption earthquakes with amplitude 16.6–40 mm and duration 27–147 seconds.
Additionally, 1 rockfall earthquake (11.1 mm amplitude, 70 second duration) and 64 gas emission earthquakes (11.1–40 mm amplitude, 26–56 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors, hikers and tourists not to enter or conduct activities within a 2 km radius, plus an extended 3 km restricted zone on the south and southeast sectors from the volcano active centre.
For the whole 2026 year period, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 4,624 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruption count at 1,806 events, while Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted 122 times.
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