Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Morning (Monday, 15 June 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday (15/6/2026) at 10:28 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 6 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 800 meters above the crater peak (2384 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash plume drifted west and northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 29.6 mm, lasting 52 seconds.
(Read: Two Months of Sumatra Floods: 1204 Deaths, 140 Missing (Tuesday, 27 January 2026))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III (Standby). Seismic monitoring on 15 June 2026 00:00-06:00 WITA recorded 4 eruption earthquakes (14.8-47.3 mm amplitude, 41-123 second duration), 1 explosion earthquake (5.9 mm, 34 seconds), and 4 non-harmonic tremor events (2.9-11 mm, 85-104 seconds).
PVMBG urges all local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 kilometer radius from the volcano's eruption centre.
As of 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2658 volcanic eruptions across Indonesia. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest activity with 1255 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 201 times this year.
(Read: Damaged Houses Count From Sumatra Floods & Landslides (16 December 2025))
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