Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday (November 5, 2024) at 12:45 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 7 times.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 300 meters above the peak or 1,884 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 14.8 millimeters and a duration of 70 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level IV (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on November 5, 2024, from 06:00 to 12:00 WITA showed 1 tremor with an amplitude of 7.4 millimeters and a duration of 37 seconds.

Then, 7 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 7.4-10.5 millimeters and durations of 14-130 seconds, and 2 shallow volcanic earthquakes with amplitudes of 10.5-14.8 millimeters and durations of 8-14 seconds.

PVMBG advises people around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 7-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 4,793 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Ibu in North Maluku had the most eruptions (1,929 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 870 times.