Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Tuesday Morning, Status Raised to Highest Alert Level

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 05:27 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 19 times.

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 3,500 meters above the peak (5,084 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest and west. 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 on November 12, 2024, from 18:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 3 eruption quakes with an amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 191-1163 seconds.

Then, there were 7 tremor quakes with an amplitude of 18.5-47.3 millimeters and a duration of 30-53 seconds, and 3 harmonic tremors with an amplitude of 22.2-37 millimeters and a duration of 32-104 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 recorded 5,064 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (2,031 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 937 times.