Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted again in the early hours of this morning (Friday, October 11, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday, October 11, 2024, at 04:34 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 22 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 4.4 millimeters and a duration of 761 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on October 11, 2024, from 18:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 2 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 5.9-6.6 millimeters and durations of 361-416 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 4 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 2.2-2.9 millimeters and durations of 100-282 seconds, and 1 shallow volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 4.4 millimeters and a duration of 11 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 3-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and Mount Lewotobi Perempuan, and 4 kilometers in the northeast sector and 5 kilometers in the northeast sector from the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 4,402 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (1,820 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 769 times.