Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, 28 July 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday (28/7/2026) at 11.12 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 26 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 1,000 metres above the crater peak, or 2,584 metres above sea level.
The thick grey ash column drifted towards the southwest and west. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum 37 mm amplitude, lasting 52 seconds.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring 06.00-12.00 WITA 28 July 2026 recorded 3 eruption earthquakes (37-44.4 mm amplitude, 52-143 second duration), 6 non-harmonic tremor events, and 1 low-frequency earthquake.
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 kilometre radius from the volcano's eruption centre.
For 2026 up to this date, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,568 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru recorded the highest count at 1,493 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 578 times this year.
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