Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Afternoon (Sunday, January 28, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Sunday (28/1/2024) at 2:37 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki only erupted once.

According to eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the observed ash column height reached 500 meters above the peak or 2,084 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate to thick intensity towards the north and northeast. The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki was still ongoing at the time of this report.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level IV (Alert). Observations of seismicity on January 28, 2024, from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM WITA showed 2 eruption quakes with an amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 43-227 seconds.

Then, there were 18 rockfall earthquakes with an amplitude of 8.8-47.3 mm and a duration of 31-123 seconds, and 3 tremor earthquakes with an amplitude of 8.8-37 millimeters and a duration of 19-37 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 5-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and a sectoral 6-kilometer radius to the northeast.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 126 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara has erupted the most, with 49 eruptions.