Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Evening (Friday, March 14, 2025)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 5:03 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 21 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to reach 600 meters above the peak (2,184 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity towards the north and northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 29.6 millimeters and a duration of 47 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Alert). Seismic observations on March 14, 2025, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WITA showed 3 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 11-37 millimeters and durations of 51-57 seconds.

Then, there were 7 tremor quakes with amplitudes of 4.4-14.8 millimeters and durations of 49-198 seconds, and 4 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 3.7-7.4 millimeters and durations of 81-301 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 2,169 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (1,008 eruptions), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 174 times.