Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Monday, November 11, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday, November 11, 2024, at 09.13 WITA (West Indonesia Time). This is the third 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 height was observed at approximately 2,000 meters above the peak (3,584 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the northwest. The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki was still ongoing at the time of this report.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level IV (Alert). Seismic observations from 00.00 to 06.00 WITA on November 11, 2024, showed 1 eruption earthquake with an amplitude of 14.8 millimeters and a duration of 143 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 10 puffing earthquakes with amplitudes of 11-44.4 millimeters and durations of 28-68 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 11-22.2 millimeters and durations of 19-35 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 7-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, and a sectoral 9-kilometer radius in the Southwest-Northwest direction.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,037 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (2,023 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 921 times.