Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted again in the early hours of this morning (Sunday, March 2, 2025).

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 02:21 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 57 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 500 meters above the peak or 2,084 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the southwest and west. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 14.8 millimeters and a duration of 56 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 2, 2025, from 18:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 2 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 29.6-47.3 millimeters and durations of 57-84 seconds.

Then, there were 5 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 3.7-5.9 millimeters and durations of 30-165 seconds, and 1 deep volcanic earthquake with an amplitude of 4.4 millimeters, s-p 1 second, and a duration of 12 seconds.

PVMBG advises people around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out 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 1,793 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (844 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 128 times.