Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Morning (Wednesday, 17 June 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Wednesday (17/6/2026) at 06:59 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 31 times.
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 400 meters above the crater peak (1984 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted west and northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 47.3 mm and lasted 54 seconds.
(Read: Flood Point Distribution Jakarta (13 January 2026, 08:00 WIB))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring between 00:00-06:00 WITA on 17 June 2026 registered 4 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 22.9-47.3 mm, duration 50-89 seconds), 6 non-harmonic tremor events (amplitude 2.9-5.9 mm, duration 83-128 seconds), and 1 low-frequency earthquake (amplitude 18.5 mm, 30 second duration).
PVMBG advises all local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 kilometre radius from the volcano's eruption centre.
For the full year 2026 so far, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,719 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count with 1,276 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 226 times.
(Read: Floods & Extreme Weather: Indonesia's Most Frequent Disasters in 2025)
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