Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again Tonight (Wednesday, 17 June 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Wednesday (17/6/2026) at 18:51 WITA. Over the past week, this volcano has erupted 41 times.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 1,000 meters above the crater peak (2,584 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted west and northwest. This eruption was recorded on seismograph with maximum amplitude 47.3 mm and 41 seconds duration.
(Read: Damaged Houses Count From Sumatra Floods & Landslides (17 December 2025))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Alert Level III. Seismic monitoring on 17 June 2026 12:00-18:00 WITA recorded 4 eruption earthquakes, 3 blast earthquakes, and 11 non-harmonic tremor events.
PVMBG urges all local residents, visitors and tourists to avoid all activity within 5 km radius of the volcano eruption centre.
During 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 2,742 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru recorded the highest eruptions (1,282 events), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki recorded 236 eruptions.
(Read: 207,000 Houses Flooded Early 2026, Most In Central Java)
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