Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, August 25, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday (August 25, 2025) at 8:24 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 6 times.

Citing eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to reach None meters above the peak or None meters above sea level.

No visual eruption was observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 14.8 millimeters and a duration of 124 seconds.

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According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Seismicity observations on August 25, 2025, at 12:00-18:00 WITA, showed 4 eruption earthquakes with amplitudes of 3.7-14.8 millimeters and earthquake durations of 97-148 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 6 exhalation earthquakes with amplitudes of 3.7-10.5 millimeters and earthquake durations of 32-54 seconds, and 6 non-harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3.7-4.4 millimeters and earthquake durations of 97-139 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 6-kilometer radius from the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

Throughout 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 5,798 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java erupted the most (2,315 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 487 times.

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