Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, 19 June 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again at 00:00 WITA on Friday (19/6/2026). This volcano has erupted 58 times over 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 600 meters above the peak, or 2184 meters above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted north and northeast. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum 29.6 mm amplitude and 110 seconds duration.
(Read: 4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Babar, Indonesia)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring between 18:00–23:59 WITA on 19 June 2026 recorded 3 eruption earthquakes (7.4–23.6 mm amplitude, 32–77 second duration), 6 non-harmonic tremor events (2.9–5.9 mm amplitude, 56–142 second duration), and 1 low-frequency earthquake (4.4 mm amplitude, 28 second duration).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 km radius from the eruption centre.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,789 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the most events at 1,295 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki registered 253 eruptions.
(Read: Top 10 Largest Earthquakes In Recorded History, Two Located In Indonesia)
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