Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Thursday, 6 August 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday (6/8/2026) at 20:50 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 38 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 approximately 300 meters above the crater peak (1884 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted west and northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 29.6 mm and 162 seconds duration.
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Per MAGMA Indonesia activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 6 August 2026 12:00-18:00 WITA recorded 2 eruption earthquakes (11-14.8 mm amplitude, 121-132 sec duration), 4 non-harmonic tremor events, and 1 low-frequency earthquake.
PVMBG advises local residents and visitors to avoid all activity within a 5 km radius from the eruption center.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,768 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru recorded the most (1,546 eruptions), followed by Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki with 664 eruptions.
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