Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Friday, February 28, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday, February 28, 2025, at 9:01 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 41 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height was approximately 1,500 meters above the peak (3,084 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the west and northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 44.4 millimeters and a duration of 83 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on February 28, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WITA showed 1 eruption earthquake with an amplitude of 22.2 millimeters and a duration of 100 seconds.

Then, there were 3 puffing earthquakes with amplitudes of 3.7-7.4 millimeters and durations of 63-154 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 4.4-7.4 millimeters and durations of 59-205 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 5-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and in the southwest-north-northeast sector up to 6 kilometers.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 1,736 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (824 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 112 times.