Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Early This Morning (Friday, October 10, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday (10/10/2025) at 02:25 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 11 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the observed ash column reached 600 meters above the peak or 2,184 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with moderate intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 10.5 millimeters and a duration of 140 seconds.

(Read: Last Five Earthquakes Recorded by BMKG (Saturday, July 19, 2025 13:53:43 WIB))

According to MAGMA Indonesia's volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on October 10, 2025, from 18:00-23:59 WITA, showed 1 exhalation earthquake with an amplitude of 18.5 millimeters and a duration of 32 seconds.

Furthermore, 10 non-harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2.22-7.4 millimeters and durations of 70-210 seconds, as well as 2 deep volcanic earthquakes with amplitudes of 2.22-2.96 millimeters s-p 1-2 seconds and durations of 12-22 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 6-kilometer radius from the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 6,602 volcano eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,592 times) while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 693 times.

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