Mount Ili Lewotolok Erupted on Thursday Afternoon; Alert Level Remains at Waspada.

Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 12:41 WITA. In the last week, Mount Ili Lewotolok had only erupted once.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 400 meters above the peak or 1,823 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate intensity towards the northeast. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 36 millimeters and a duration of 174 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Ili Lewotolok is at Level II (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on February 1, 2024, from 00:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 75 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 28-37.6 millimeters and durations of 39-128 seconds.

Furthermore, there were 141 tremors with amplitudes of 2.3-25.7 millimeters and durations of 25-112 seconds, and 2 harmonic tremors with amplitudes of 4-9.3 millimeters and durations of 201-239 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Ili Lewotolok, as well as visitors/climbers/tourists, not to enter or carry out activities within a 2-kilometer radius of the center of Mount Ili Lewotolok's activity, and that the residents of Lamawolo, Lamatokan, and Jontona villages should remain vigilant against potential hazards from lava collapses/landslides and pyroclastic flows from the eastern part of the peak/crater of Mount Ili Lewotolok.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 137 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara had the most eruptions (50 times), while Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted 6 times.