Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupts Again This Morning (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)

Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 06.27 WITA. In the last week, Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted 8 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to reach 300 meters above the peak (1,723 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the east. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 37 millimeters and a duration of 45 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 25, 2025, from 00.00 to 23.59 WITA showed 63 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 9.8-36.1 millimeters and durations of 32-98 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 139 puffing quakes with amplitudes of 1.8-17.5 millimeters and durations of 20-63 seconds, and 1 non-harmonic tremor with an amplitude of 1.9 millimeters and a duration of 175 seconds.

PVMBG urges 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, and the communities of Lamatokan and Jontona villages to always be aware of the potential dangers of lava collapses/landslides from the east of the peak/crater of Mount Ili Lewotolok.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,398 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,104 eruptions), while Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted 45 times.