Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Morning (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Wednesday (31/1/2024) at 10:21 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki only erupted once.

Citing 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 700 meters above the peak (2,284 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with thick intensity towards the north. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 113 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcanic activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level III (Standby). Observations of seismic activity on January 31, 2024, from 00.00-06.00 WITA showed 11 volcanic earthquakes with amplitudes of 5.1-24 mm and durations of 23-110 seconds.

Then, 8 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 3.7-44 millimeters and durations of 17-38 seconds, and 1 hybrid/multiple-phase earthquake with an amplitude of 7.4 millimeters s-p 1.1 seconds and a duration of 15 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 4-kilometer radius of the center of the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and a sectoral 5-kilometer radius in the North-Northeast direction and a 6-kilometer radius in the Northeast sector.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 130 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara has had the most eruptions with 50 eruptions.