Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupted Again This Afternoon (Friday, 7 August 2026)
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Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday (7/8/2026) at 14.20 WITA. In the past week, this volcano has erupted twice.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached approximately 500 meters above the summit, or 1,923 meters above sea level.
The ash column appeared grey with thick density, drifting southwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 40 millimeters and lasted 52 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Ili Lewotolok is currently set at Activity Level II (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 7 August 2026 between 00.00-23.59 WITA recorded 88 eruption earthquakes with 16.6–40 mm amplitude and 27–85 second duration.
Additionally, 104 explosion earthquakes with 5.5–25.4 mm amplitude (24–52 second duration) and 2 harmonic tremors with 4.5–4.8 mm amplitude (143–224 second duration) were detected.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors, hikers and tourists not to enter or conduct activities within a 2 kilometer radius from the volcano's active crater.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 3,787 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruptions at 1,553 events, while Mount Ili Lewotolok has erupted 58 times.
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