Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Today, Ash Column Reaches 2,000 Meters

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 9:39 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 34 times.

Citing eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed at approximately 2,000 meters above the peak (3,584 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the north and northwest. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 25.9 millimeters and a duration of 140 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 15, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WITA showed 3 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 20.7-22.2 millimeters and durations of 63-120 seconds.

Then, 1 puffing quake with an amplitude of 4.4 millimeters and a duration of 97 seconds, and 6 tornillo quakes with amplitudes of 3.7-7.4 millimeters and durations of 34-95 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 2,205 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,015 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 187 times.