Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Afternoon (Tuesday, July 7, 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday (7/7/2026) at 16:40 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 17 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia app, the observed ash column reached 700 meters above the crater peak, which sits 2284 meters above sea level.
The thick grey ash plume drifted west and northwest. This eruption registered on seismographs with a maximum amplitude of 10.5 millimeters, lasting 140 seconds.
(Related: Damaged House Count From Sumatra Floods & Landslides (17 December 2025))
As per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III (Standby). Seismic monitoring between 06:00 – 12:00 WITA on 7 July 2026 recorded 3 eruption earthquakes (44.4–47.3 mm amplitude, 46–106 second duration), 2 blast earthquakes (4.4 mm amplitude, 30–31 second duration), and 5 non-harmonic tremor events (4.4–5.9 mm amplitude, 88–204 second duration).
PVMBG urges all local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 kilometre radius around the volcano's eruption centre.
For the 2026 year to date, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2986 volcanic eruptions nationwide. Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest eruption count at 1343 events, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 331 times.
(Related: Updated Damaged Facilities Count From Sumatra Floods & Landslides (11 December 2025))
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