Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Afternoon (Thursday, 18 June 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday (18/6/2026) at 14:29 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 52 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 1000 meters above the summit (2584 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted north and northeast. The eruption registered on seismographs with maximum 22.2 mm amplitude, lasting 116 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. On 18 June 2026 between 06:00–12:00 WITA, 3 eruption earthquakes were recorded (14.8–47.3 mm amplitude, 45–211 second duration).
Additionally, 1 explosion earthquake (7.4 mm amplitude, 39 seconds) and 10 non-harmonic tremor events (2.9–10.5 mm amplitude, 44–255 seconds) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 kilometer radius from the volcano's eruption centre.
During 2026 to date, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2775 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1294 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 247 times.
(Read: 137 Natural Disaster Events Recorded By Late January 2024, Floods Most Frequent)
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