Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again Early Today, Eruption Height Reached Around 300 Meters
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday (6/8/2026) at 01:26 WITA. In 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 approx 300 m above the crater, or 1,884 m above sea level.
The thick grey ash plume drifted southwest and west. This eruption registered on seismographs with maximum amplitude 14.8 mm, lasting 306 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 6 August 2026 18:00-23:59 WITA recorded 1 eruption earthquake (44.4 mm amplitude, 134 sec duration), 1 emission tremor, plus 5 non-harmonic tremor events.
PVMBG has prohibited all public activities within a 5 km radius from the volcano's eruption center for local residents and visitors.
For 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,751 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1,539 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki recorded 657 eruptions.
(Read: Jakarta Had Second Worst Global Morning Air Quality (Friday, 17 June 2022))
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