Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Monday, June 8, 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday (8/6/2026) at 20:42 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 10 times.
According to eruption data from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 1,000 metres above the summit, or 2,584 metres above sea level.
The grey, thick ash column drifted west and northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with maximum amplitude 29.6 mm, lasting 159 seconds.
(Read: Number of Natural Disaster Casualties in Indonesia up to July 8, 2025)
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 8 June 2026 12:00-18:00 WITA recorded 2 eruption earthquakes (amplitude 44.4-47.3 mm, duration 65-83 sec), 1 exhalation earthquake (11 mm, 36 sec), and 12 non-harmonic tremor events (3.7-7.4 mm, 72-146 sec).
PVMBG urges local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within a 5 km radius from the eruption centre.
For 2026, MAGMA Indonesia has logged 2,437 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru (East Java) recorded the highest count at 1200 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 107 times.
(Read: Nearly 300 Natural Disasters Recorded by Mid-February 2024)
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