Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupted Again This Afternoon (Monday, 3 August 2026)
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday (3/8/2026) at 13:43 WITA. This volcano has erupted 9 times within the past week.
According to eruption data from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column reached 300 meters above the summit (1,884 meters above sea level).
The thick grey ash column drifted southwest and west. This eruption was recorded on seismographs with 14.8 mm maximum amplitude and 57 seconds duration.
(Read: West Kalimantan Had the Worst Air Quality in Indonesia This Morning (Friday, 18 August 2023))
Per MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity reports, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki remains at Activity Level III (Alert). Seismic monitoring on 3 August 2026 06:00-12:00 WITA recorded 3 eruption earthquakes (29.6-47.3 mm amplitude, 56-136 sec duration), 4 non-harmonic tremor events, and 1 deep volcanic earthquake.
PVMBG urges local residents and visitors to avoid all activities within a 5 km radius from the eruption center.
Throughout 2026, MAGMA Indonesia logged 3,688 volcanic eruptions nationwide: Mount Semeru recorded the highest count at 1,518 eruptions, while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki recorded 635 eruptions.
(Read: Indonesia Had the Worst Air Quality in ASEAN in 2022)
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