Warning! Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupts Again This Morning (Friday, March 14, 2025)

Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 7:00 AM WITA. This is the second eruption in the past week.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column was observed to be approximately 400 meters above the peak (1,823 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate intensity towards the northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 9.9 millimeters and a duration of 26 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ili Lewotolok is at Level II (Alert). Seismic observations on March 14, 2025, from 00:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 88 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 20-37.3 millimeters and durations of 26-229 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 138 tremors with amplitudes of 2.2-33.4 millimeters and durations of 15-87 seconds, and 5 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3.1-5.9 millimeters and durations of 94-312 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ili Lewotolok, as well as visitors/climbers/tourists, not to enter or carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius of the center of Mount Ili Lewotolok's activity. The residents of Lamatokan and Jontona villages should remain vigilant against the potential dangers of lava collapses/landslides from the eastern part of the peak/crater of Mount Ili Lewotolok.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,153 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,002 eruptions), while Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted 36 times.