Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Thursday, March 20, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 7:53 AM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 21 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached None meters above the peak (None meters above sea level).

The eruption was not visually observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 52 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 March 20, 2025, from 00:00 to 06:00 WITA showed 6 instances of puffing earthquakes with amplitudes of 3.7-14.8 millimeters and durations of 23-61 seconds.

Then, 1 harmonic earthquake with an amplitude of 2.9 millimeters and a duration of 73 seconds, and 1 shallow volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 15 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 5-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and in the southwest-north-northeast sector up to 6 kilometers.

During 2025, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 2,314 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,055 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 219 times.